Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has stated that if Russian President Vladimir Putin flies over Poland for a potential meeting with Donald Trump, his plane could be compelled to land to comply with an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant.
“We cannot guarantee that an independent Polish court would not order the government to ground such a hypothetical aircraft and hand over the suspect to The Hague,” Sikorski told Radio Rodzina, according to Reuters.
During a recent phone call, Trump and Putin agreed to meet in Budapest, Hungary, although the exact date has not yet been set.
All of Hungary’s neighboring countries, except Serbia, have suspended regular flights with Russia but could consider granting overflight permission for Putin’s plane. Poland does not border Hungary.
Putin is subject to an ICC arrest warrant issued in March 2023 in countries that have ratified the court’s statute. Sikorski noted that, in theory, Putin could avoid EU airspace until reaching Hungary by flying over Turkey, the sea, Montenegro, and Serbia—though Serbia and Montenegro are also ICC members.

















