Budapest [Hungary], May 21: The Hungarian parliament has passed a bill to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The parliament's website reported on Tuesday that 134 members of parliament (MPs) voted in favour of the move, 37 voted against and seven abstained.
The Hungarian government announced its intention to withdraw from The Hague-based court at the beginning of April when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Budapest at the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban.
Netanyahu is wanted by the ICC on charges of alleged war crimes committed by Israeli troops against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Orban had made it clear before the visit that Hungary would ignore the arrest warrant.
Orban and other members of the government justified the planned withdrawal from the ICC with the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant.
Source: Qatar Tribune
