Lula says Putin would not be arrested in 2024 Brazil G20 meeting


FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Independence Day parade in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

(Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would not be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year.

Interviewed on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Delhi by news show Firstpost, Lula said Putin would be invited to next year's event, adding that he himself planned to attend a BRICS bloc of developing nations meeting due in Russia before the Rio meeting.

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