Russia’s Putin says presence at G20 in Brazil will ‘wreck’ summit

President says ICC warrant could beryllium a distraction, but downplays hazard of apprehension fixed ‘warm’ relations with Brazil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said helium volition not be adjacent month’s G20 acme successful Brazil portion downplaying the hazard of his apprehension nether an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.

Putin said connected Friday that his beingness would “wreck” the summit, with “conversations” apt to revolve astir the ICC warrant issued past twelvemonth implicit his alleged warfare crimes successful Ukraine.

Ukraine has urged Brazil, a subordinate authorities of the ICC, to apprehension Putin if helium travels determination for the lawsuit scheduled for November 18-19.

However, Putin dismissed the threat, saying Russia could motion a bilateral statement with Brazil to bypass the ICC’s apprehension warrant.

“Decisions of this benignant are precise casual to circumvent, it is capable to motion an intergovernmental statement and that’s it. The jurisdiction of the ICC volition beryllium limited,” he said, alluding to his “very warm, bully relations” with Brazil.

“We are adults truthful we volition find idiosyncratic successful Russia who volition worthily contiguous the interests of our state successful Brazil,” helium added.

Russia, which is not a signatory to the ICC, powerfully denies allegations against Putin implicit the alleged amerciable deportation of Ukrainian children aft Moscow launched its violative successful 2022.

Putin visited Mongolia successful September without immoderate issues contempt the state being a subordinate of the ICC and, therefore, obliged to detain individuals sought by the court.

However, past year, helium skipped a gathering with the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) radical of emerging economies successful South Africa.

‘Dangerous provocation’

Speaking up of an upcoming gathering of the BRICS radical successful the Russian metropolis of Kazan connected October 22-24, Putin addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s remarks the erstwhile time connected Ukraine needing atomic weapons oregon NATO rank for its security.

Zelenskyy, who had been recalling a speech with US statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump, aboriginal clarified that helium had not meant Ukraine was preparing to physique a atomic weapon.

Ukraine inherited atomic weapons aft the breakup of the Soviet Union but voluntarily relinquished them successful the 1990s successful instrumentality for guarantees of its territorial integrity, a woody it says Moscow broke by invading its land.

Putin labelled Zelenskyy’s comments arsenic “a unsafe provocation”. “Any measurement successful this absorption volition beryllium met with a corresponding reaction,” helium said. “Russia volition not let this to happen, nary substance what.”

Putin besides said helium saw a relation for Russia successful “the hunt for compromises” successful the struggle successful the Middle East.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian [Alexander Shcherbak/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo]

“We are successful interaction with Israel, we are successful interaction with Iran. We person rather trusting relations. And we would precise overmuch similar this endless speech of blows to beryllium stopped astatine immoderate point,” helium said.

“If this is successful demand, we are acceptable to bash everything successful our powerfulness successful interaction with some sides to assistance find these compromises.”

Source

:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies