The Ukrainian authorities have made a call to the Brazil government to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he decides to visit the G20 Summit scheduled for the next month. This information is reported by the International News Agency for Reuters.
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine stated that he "received intelligence", which indicate that Vladimir Putin could visit the G20 summit in Brazil next month, and called on the country to execute a warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia, if he appeared there (Brazil recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
“In connection with the information that Putin can visit the G20 Summit in Brazil, I would like to repeat that the Brazilian authorities as a State Party of the Roman Statute are obliged to arrest him if he dares to come. I sincerely hope that Brazil arrests him, confirming his status of a democratic and rule of law, ”Kostin said.
The Kremlin has recently stated that they consider Putin's participation in the event.
Dmitry Peskov answered today about the trip of the President of the Russian Federation to Brazil as follows: "When the decision is made, we will inform you."
Brazil sent Putin an invitation to a meeting of G20 leaders in Rio de Janeiro on November 18-19.
We will remind, earlier the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry made claims of Mongolia, which did not argue the President of the Russian Federation, although it is a state participating in the Roman Statute.
