Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, regarding the warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court, said that he believes it is a decision that will have bad political consequences, that will have bad consequences for human lives and that he says there is great reluctance to discuss peace.

"My question is, 'now you have accused him of the biggest war crimes, who are you going to talk to now,'" said Vucic.

He asked if the West is waiting for Putin's defeat and how long it will wait.

"Do you really think it is possible to defeat Russia in a month, three months or a year," he added.

Vucic said that "there is no doubt that the goal of those who did this is to make it difficult for Putin to communicate, so that everyone who talks to him is aware that he is accused of war crimes, to make Russia's economic situation even worse.

When asked what Serbia would do as a signatory to the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court, in case Putin came to Serbia, i.e. if it would arrest and extradite him, he said that it was a "nonsense question, because "It is clear that Putin has nowhere to go as long as the conflicts continue."

He added that he did not even arrest those who were requested by the ad hoc tribunal, "which is not the International Criminal Court."

The International Criminal Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes.

As stated by the ICC, Putin is allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation and transfer of the population (children) from the occupied territories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

The crimes were allegedly committed on the occupied territory of Ukraine as early as February 24, 2022, the ICC said on its website.

"There is reason to suspect that Mr. Putin bears individual criminal responsibility for the above-mentioned crimes because he committed these acts directly, together with others and through others, and because he failed to exercise control over the civilian and military subordinates who committed the acts, or allowed them to be committed, and were under his control ", say the ICC.