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Orban asserted that the ICC had become a "political court".
From BBC
Hungary said it plans to withdraw from the ICC.
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The sweeping duties immediately unleashed turbulence across world markets and drew condemnation from leaders faced with the end of decades of trade liberalization.
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More countries plan to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in remarks to the press on Thursday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, soon after Budapest announced that it would exit the court.
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It represents a breakaway from the European Union as all other member states are signed up to the court. "Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court," Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff wrote in a brief statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary's capital on Wednesday to meet with the country's nationalist prime minister despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the Gaza Strip.