Switzerland would grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity if he came to the country for talks on peace in Ukraine , despite the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant, it said on Tuesday.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis told a press conference that, under certain circumstances, he would be allowed to set foot in Switzerland.
Last year, the Swiss government defined “the rules for granting immunity to a person under an international arrest warrant. If this person comes for a peace conference – not if they come for private reasons”, Cassis said.
“I’m pushing for Geneva,” he said in an interview aired earlier on Tuesday on French television.
