Lula invites Putin to Brazil, sidesteps on war crimes arrest – POLITICO

BERLIN — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated Monday that he’ll invite Vladimir Putin to G20 and BRICS summits in Brazil subsequent 12 months, however added it might be as much as the judiciary to resolve whether or not the Russian president is arrested if he decides to point out up.

Putin faces a global arrest warrant for conflict crimes dedicated in Ukraine, which earlier this 12 months deterred him from travelling to a G20 assembly in India and a BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in South Africa.

However Lula stated he would welcome the Russian chief if he determined to attend the subsequent G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro in November 2024 in addition to the subsequent BRICS summit, which Brazil may additionally host subsequent 12 months.

“Putin is invited to attend the G20 and the BRICS summit in Brazil,” Lula advised reporters in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

“Whether or not he goes or not, he faces prosecution. He has to evaluate the implications,” Lula went on, including it was unclear whether or not Putin can be arrested: “Perhaps, perhaps not … It’s a judicial choice. And a president of the republic doesn’t choose judicial selections.”

Lula famous that in contrast to Russia, Brazil has subscribed to the jurisdiction of the Worldwide Prison Courtroom in The Hague, which issued the arrest warrant towards Putin earlier this 12 months.

“Brazil is a signatory, Brazil has a duty,” the president stated.