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Hungary announces ICC withdrawal as Israel's Netanyahu visits

This photograph taken on March 14, 2025 shows the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. [AFP]

Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the tribunal has accused of war crimes in Gaza.

The government announcement to start the year-long withdrawal process came as Orban welcomed Netanyahu in the capital Budapest on his first trip to Europe since 2023.

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