2023-10-17 06:45:31
Qatar, which has sufficient influence on the international scene, has been mediating for the return of Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
The Reuters agency writes with reference to Qatari government representatives that a 7-year-old boy was reunited with his grandmother using a new mechanism created for this purpose.
It is reported that three more children taken to Russia this week are expected to be returned to Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is the president because of the forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia Vladimir Putinissued a warrant for his arrest.
19 thousand children
Prosecutors believe that Ukrainian children were illegally taken to Russia. Moscow claims that they were transferred to Russia to protect them from military operations.
According to the official information of the Ukrainian government, 19,000 children were taken to Russia without the permission of their parents and guardians, and only a few hundred of them were returned.
Reuters writes that negotiations between Qatar, Russia and Ukraine have been going on secretly for several months.
It is reported that the children’s ombudsman of Russia Maria Lvova-Belova also participates in these negotiations. The ICC issued a warrant for his arrest.
The representative of the Qatari government said that the return of the four children to Ukraine is “only the beginning” of this process.
Freedom radio
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