Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pointed out that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would not be arrested in Brazil during the 2024 Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro as long as he is the president of the South American country.
"People need to take seriously Brazil's independence" and no one can be arrested in the country without the approval of its government, Lula told Indian media outlet Firstpost during the G20 summit in New Delhi.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March 2023 over alleged "war crimes." Unlike Russia, Brazil is a signatory to the Rome Statute of the ICC.