Péter Szijjártó told that ICC’s operations had generated controversy in international politics in recent weeks, referring to the court’s “nonsense actions” such as “issuing a warrant against dead leaders of Hamas”.

The court, Szijjártó said, had tried “to counterbalance their politically unacceptable decision to include the Israeli prime minister on the list”.

“Obviously the court has become not only unserious but also a politically motivated body, and it is for us unacceptable if a court is motivated by politics,” Szijjártó said, insisting that “Hungary has no place in that organization”.

Szijjártó said that as soon as the decision takes effect and the bill is signed by the president and promulgated, he would immediately send a note to the UN Secretary-General.