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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mongolia is a democracy and NATO partner

Seeing how they were happy to meet Putin the other day, it didn't look like. It was like watching a dog meeting his master after a long time

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

They were also happy to not give permits for the Power of Siberia pipeline. They're 3.5m people on a gigantic piece of land right in between Russia and China, I don't blame them for appeasing: Their very existence hinges on convincing two authoritarian states that they're not a puppet of the other. In this case, also convincing them that they're not a puppet of what they're calling their third neighbours. They're doomed to neutrality.

Criticise any other country for not executing that arrest warrant, or at least uninviting Putin, heck while you're at it criticise a couple of alleged democracies that they're not a signatory: But not Mongolia. They have damn good reasons to not go through with it and as far as I'm aware, that's actually covered in the Rome statute. They're pulling the national security card and they're right about it.