Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll pick up where Mr. Chong left off.
I understand quite well the reasons you have determined you have jurisdiction in the case of President Putin. I believe it was on March 17, 2023, that the ICC pretrial chamber issued the arrest warrants for both President Putin and his commissioner for children's rights.
As a signatory to the ICC Rome Statute, South Africa is legally obliged to act on the ICC arrest warrant, Mr. Khan, as you know, if Putin arrives in the country, as he is expected to do, I believe, this August for a summit in South Africa. However, South Africa's justice minister, Ronald Lamola, indicated he is looking at extending customary diplomatic immunity to President Putin.
Can you give us a sense, Mr. Khan, of what options are available to the ICC if South Africa is legally able to do that, and is there any way to enforce the arrest warrant while President Putin is in South Africa?