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The move was announced by a senior official in Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government hours after Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is sought under an ICC arrest warrant, arrived in Hungary for a state visit.

Panel discussions were held on topics including "Addressing Anti-Israel Bias in International Institutions", "How Radical Islam Fuels Antisemitism in the West?" and "Double Standards, From the Battlefield to the ICC".

They are among the players who led India to two ICC titles in the past nine months - the T20 World Cup in June and the Champions Trophy last month.

Under his tenure the Philippines had withdrawn from the ICC, while his daughter Sara had been elected vice president.

And Putin, a man indicted as a suspected war criminal by the ICC, has been given a leg-up back to the top tier of global politics.