Brazil President says ‘no way Putin will be arrested’ if he attends Rio G20 meet

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated on Saturday that Russian chief Vladimir Putin wouldn’t be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 assembly in Rio de Janeiro subsequent yr.

Interviewed on the sidelines of the G20 assembly in Delhi by information present Firstpost, Lula stated Putin could be invited to subsequent yr’s occasion, including that he himself deliberate to attend a BRICS bloc of creating nations assembly due in Russia earlier than the Rio assembly.

“I believe that Putin can go easily to Brazil,” Lula stated. “What I can say to you is that if I’m president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there’s no way he will be arrested.”

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Putin in March, accusing him of the battle crime of illegally deporting lots of of youngsters from Ukraine. Russia has denied its forces have engaged in battle crimes, or forcibly taken Ukrainian youngsters.

Putin has repeatedly skipped worldwide gatherings, and was not current on the G20 get-together in Delhi, sending Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Brazil is a signatory to the Rome Statute which led to the founding of the ICC. Lula’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

On Saturday, the G20 nations adopted a consensus declaration that averted condemning Russia for the battle in Ukraine however referred to as on all states to not use pressure to seize territory.

Edited By:

Aishwarya Dakhore

Published On:

Sep 10, 2023