"The President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court welcome the decision of the US administration to lift sanctions and visa restrictions on ICC employees," the ICC press service quoted TASS as saying.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden overturned the decree on sanctions and visa restrictions against employees of the International Criminal Court.
On March 5, 2020, the ICC Appeals Chamber unanimously approved the prosecutor's request to investigate possible crimes committed in Afghanistan.
The United States condemned these plans.
After that, US President Donald Trump signed a decree authorizing the imposition of sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court, in which they decided to investigate the alleged war crimes of Americans in Afghanistan.