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Ukraine - Brazil: Arrest Putin if he attends the G20 summit

2024-10-14 15:30:00, Kosova & Bota CNA
Ukraine - Brazil: Arrest Putin if he attends the G20 summit
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Source, Reuters

Ukraine's chief prosecutor said Monday that he has information that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil next month, and called on authorities there to arrest him if he appears.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March 2023, about a year after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, accusing him of committing war crimes by deporting children.

Russia denies the charges of war crimes and the Kremlin has dismissed the ICC arrest warrant as "invalid".

Asked whether Putin has decided to attend the meeting of the world's 20 largest economies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday: “No. We will let you know when we have a decision."

Ukraine's attorney general, Andriy Kostin, told Reuters that "it is important for the international community to be united and hold Putin accountable."

"Due to the information that Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, I want to repeat that the Brazilian authorities are obliged, as a member state of the Rome Statute, to arrest him if he dares to come." Kostin said, referring to the treaty that established the ICC.

"I really hope that Brazil will arrest him, reaffirming its status as a democracy and as a state governed by the rule of law," he said.

Failure to do so risks setting a precedent whereby leaders accused of crimes can travel with impunity.

Brazil sent Putin a standard invitation to the Nov. 18-19 summit in Rio de Janeiro, but has received no indication that he intends to attend, according to two Brazilian government officials.

Despite the ICC arrest warrant, Putin was on a state visit to Mongolia in September. Ukraine criticized its failure to arrest Putin as a blow to international justice.

Last year, however, Putin was not present at the meeting of the BRICS countries in South Africa, participating online./ REL





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