BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Friday he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to go to Hungary, saying he would assure that an Worldwide Legal Courtroom arrest warrant towards Netanyahu would “not be observed”.

The ICC issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu and his former defence chief, in addition to a Hamas chief, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged conflict crimes and crimes towards humanity within the Gaza battle.

Orban, whose nation holds the European Union’s rotating six-month presidency, instructed state radio that the ICC’s arrest warrant was “wrong” and stated the Israeli chief would be capable to conduct negotiations in Hungary “in adequate safety”.

“Today I will invite Israel’s prime minister, Mr. Netanyahu, for a visit to Hungary and in that invite I will guarantee him that if he comes, the ICC ruling will have no effect in Hungary, and we will not follow its contents,” Orban stated.

Since Orban and his nationalist Fidesz get together swept to energy in 2010, he and Netanyahu have cast shut political relations. Netanyahu visited Budapest in 2017.

Israeli leaders and the White Home have strongly condemned the ICC resolution, whereas EU overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell stated the warrants weren’t political and that each one EU member states ought to respect and implement the court docket resolution.

Inside the EU, Hungary and the Czech Republic have been sturdy backers of Israel, whereas nations resembling Spain and Eire stress their assist for the Palestinians.

The Czech Overseas Ministry, responding to the ICC resolution, stated Prague would respect its worldwide authorized obligations.

Nonetheless, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala known as the ICC resolution “unfortunate”, saying on X late on Thursday: “(The move) undermines its authority in other cases when it equates the elected representatives of a democratic state with the leaders of an Islamist terrorist organization.”