Brazil’s President Lula withdraws personal assurance Putin will not be arrested if he attends Rio G20 summit
- President Lula said: ‘It’s the judiciary that decides, it’s not the government.’
Brazil‘s President Lula has withdrawn his personal assurance that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be arrested if he attends next year’s G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Putin missed this year’s gathering in the Indian capital New Delhi, avoiding possible political tension and any risk of criminal detention under an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.
Brazil is an ICC member but President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has raised eyebrows after telling Indian news network Firstpost: ‘If I’m the president of Brazil and if he comes to Brazil, there’s no way that he…