Israel's former foreign minister Tzipi Livni has met her British counterpart in London, just weeks after a controversial law seeking to prevent political arrest warrants was passed.
Livni, currently the leader of Israel's opposition, arrived in Britain on Thursday to discuss recent events in the Middle East and British-Israeli relations with William Hague.
Her visit to the UK is the first since a court issued a warrant for her arrest on war crimes charges in 2009, over the conflict in Gaza.
The warrant took issue with her role in the offensive, called Operation Cast Lead, which caused the death of at least 1,400 Palestinians.
Speaking after the meeting, Hague said that he was "delighted" to welcome her, adding that it had been a "political abuse of our legal procedures [that] prevented people like Mrs Livni from travelling legitimately to the UK".
"We have dealt with this urgently as we promised to on coming to office. The UK will continue to honour our international obligations and make sure that people who have committed some of the most awful crimes - wherever in the world they took place - can be brought to justice in our courts," he added.
Last month the government introduced the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, which seeks to prevent citizens using courts for political arrests. However, Livni also had the unusual added protection with 'special mission' status. It gave her diplomatic immunity to ensure that there would not be a repeat of her last attempt.
An unidentified person did apply to the Director of Public Prosecutions on Tuesday for permission for an arrest warrant, but it was blocked.
Amnesty International Senior Advocacy Officer, Allan Hogarth, said he was "deeply concerned" the law change would be an "obstacle to justice".
"It's the signal it sends out to all war criminals. It causes dangerous delays, if people are suspected of war crimes, to ensuring timely arrests".
Baroness Lindsay Northover in 2008 asked in parliament whether the British government had "received representations" from any foreign government to change the law.
Lord Bach from the Ministry of Justice responded that the details were confidential but that the Israeli government had previously raised the case. No other government was named.