Wednesday, the 13th of March 2013 -Phandu Skelemani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Botswana has warned Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta that he should not ever set foot in Botswana if he refuses to cooperate with the ICC.
"If he refuses to go (to The Hague), then we have a problem. That means that they do not know the rule of law. You can't establish a court and refuse to go when it calls you. If he refuses, he won't set foot here," he said.
Skelemani however added that he expected Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto to cooperate with the ICC because the pair have, from the start, handled themselves differently as compared to Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir who has also been indicted by the ICC;
"The Kenyans have never refused to go to the ICC whereas Bashir has. We expect Kenyatta to go when his case resumes," said Skelemani.
Uhuru last Saturday became the first person ever to be elected to lead a country while facing trial at the ICC.
