Mexico rejects Ukraine’s request to arrest Putin

The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine’s government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico’s next president in October, Reuters writes. 

“We can’t do that,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government press conference.

“It’s not up to us,” he added.

Earlier, Ukraine asked Mexico to arrest Putin if he attends the Oct. 1 swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, referring to an arrest warrant issued by the U.N.’s International Criminal Court (ICC).

The team of the newly elected president has invited Putin to attend the inauguration, noting earlier this week that it sent a “diplomatic notice” to all countries with which Mexico maintains diplomatic relations.