ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome to Mongolia on Tuesday, as the country ignored calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh gave a warm welcome Tuesday to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, who is in the Asian nation's capital for negotiations at expanding their nations' partnership.

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red carpet welcome on Tuesday on a state visit to Mongolia, whose failure to arrest him under a warrant from the International Criminal Court was criticised by Ukraine as a blow against justice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mongolia with no sign that the host country will bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the invasion of Ukraine.

Signatories to the Rome Statute are expected to carry out its arrest warrants, but Mongolia has close ties to Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Mongolia on Tuesday, and there was no indication that Mongolia would comply with calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry issued a formal diplomatic note, also known as a demarche, to Mongolia during a meeting with a high-ranking Mongolian diplomat in Kyiv.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a demarche to Mongolia over the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the country's refusal to arrest him, according to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a démarche to Mongolia on 12 September due to its refusal to comply with an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of Vladimir Putin. Source: European Pravda,