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Ukraine Calls on Brazil to Arrest Putin
Ukraine has called on Brazil to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he attends the G20 summit, Reuters reports, citing Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin reportedly said he had "received information" that Putin might attend next month's summit. Kostin called on Brazilian authorities to execute an arrest warrant for the Russian president if he shows up.
"As for the information that President Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil, I would like to emphasize once again that the Brazilian authorities, as a party to the Rome Statute, are obliged to arrest President Putin if he dares to come," Kostin said. opinion.
Earlier, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the president had not yet decided whether he would participate in the G20 summit.
Last December, Brazilian President Celso Amorim said the South American country wanted Vladimir Putin to attend the 2024 G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. He noted that Brazil, as the organization's president, would invite all leaders to the summit.
On October 10, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on Ashgabat to “arrest” Vladimir Putin during his visit to Turkmenistan for failing to sign the Rome Statute.