(SomaliNet) In response to an offer by the Ugandan President to offer rebel leader Joseph Kony amnesty, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor reiterated on Thursday that the government had a legal obligation to arrest the Lords Resistance Army leader, AOL reported Friday. ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo declined to comment on the offer and said: "We have a legal mandate and respect the mandate of the president." "Uganda, DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Sudan have an obligation to execute the arrest warrants." Kony and four of his top commanders are wanted for war crimes by the ICC. However, the ICC itself has no police to enforce its arrest warrants and instead must rely on Uganda's military and the help of neighbouring states.
Meanwhile, peace talks between the Ugandan government and the rebels are under way in southern Sudan. Ugandan officials and representatives of Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are set for the negotiations next week and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has offered amnesty for Kony if he responds positively to peace talks.