ICC hails 'new phase' with US after Trump sanctions lifted

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The International Criminal Court on Friday welcomed US President Joe Biden's lifting of sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the tribunal's prosecutor, saying it signalled a new era of cooperation with Washington.

"I trust this decision signals the start of a new phase of our common undertaking to fight against impunity" for war crimes, Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, the head of the Association of States Parties to the ICC, said in a statement.