Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has declared that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will not be arrested in Brazil if he attends the G20 summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2024.
In an interview with Firstpost TV on the sidelines of the current Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India, Lula indicated that Putin will be invited to the upcoming summit, adding that he himself plans to attend the BRICS meeting to be held next year. next in Russia.
"I think Putin can go to Brazil without problems," Lula noted. "What I can tell you is that if I am the president of Brazil and he comes to Brazil, there is no way he will be arrested."
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against the Russian president in March, accusing him of deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. Moscow denies that its forces have committed war crimes or forcibly taken children from Ukraine.
Putin has avoided participating in several international meetings and was not even present at the G20 summit in New Delhi.
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