Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected a request from Ukraine to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he attends the October 1 inauguration of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. "We can't do that. It's not up to us," Lopez Obrador said at a news conference on August 8. The Ukrainian Embassy in Mexico made the request. In a statement on August 7, the embassy said Kyiv was "confident that the Mexican government would comply" with an international arrest warrant for Putin, referring to a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in March 2023 for alleged war crimes. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, click here.
Mexico Rejects Ukraine's Request To Arrest Russia's Putin During Visit
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