OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Friday welcomed the International Criminal Court's move to issue arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a senior official "for their alleged roles in the egregious scheme" to deport children to Russia.
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Friday welcomed the International Criminal Court’s move to issue arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and a senior official “for their alleged roles in the egregious scheme” to deport children to Russia.
“Canada stands firmly with the people of Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a tweet.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren and Ismail Shakil; editing by Diane Craft)
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