During a visit to Berlin, the Brazilian president said he would invite his Russian counterpart to the meeting in Brazil, but that the Kremlin chief “must weigh the consequences”, referring to an arrest warrant issued by the ICC. Inácio Lula da Silva This Monday (04/12) Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of the risk of traveling to Brazil for the G20 meetings in November 2024.
Brazil took over the presidency of the G20 last Friday and will host the group’s next summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Lula said Brazil would invite the Russian leader to the meetings. But he stressed that he “has a process” and “must evaluate the consequences.”
The Brazilian declared this during a press conference at the German Federal Chancellery, after being questioned by journalists on the subject.
“Putin will be invited. Whether he goes or not… He has a trial, he has to evaluate the consequences. I’m not the one who can say it. It’s a judicial decision, and a President of the Republic doesn’t judge judicial decisions. Either he adapts or he doesn’t adapt “Lula said.
“And if he shows up, he knows what’s going to happen. It might happen and it might not happen. He [a Rússia] it is not part of that court, and neither is the United States. Brazil is, Brazil is a signatory,” she said.
ICC arrest warrant
The head of the Russian government is the subject of an arrest warrant issued in March this year by the International Criminal Court (ICC), of which Brazil is a member.
The ICC arrest warrant has already led Putin to avoid this year’s meeting of BRICS leaders in Johannesburg, as South Africa is also a signatory to the Rome Statute, the 1998 treaty on which the International Criminal Court.
At both the BRICS and G20 summits, Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov.
Lula had already said on September 9 that Putin was not at risk of being arrested if he went to Brazil, but two days later he backtracked and said that “if Putin decides to go to Brazil, it is the Justice Department that will make the decision.” whether to arrest him or not.” “.
Source: Terra
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