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2023International News

Lula Announces Putin Can Attend Next G20 Summit Without Fear of Arrest

Next September, the G20 summit is scheduled to convene once again in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. According to The Guardian, left-wing President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva commented, that Putin can go easily to Brazil. Lula further asserted, “…if I’m Brazil’s president, and if he comes to Brazil, there’s no reason he’ll be arrested,” eliciting much criticism, largely because of Brazil’s inclusion in the 1998 Rome Statute.

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G20September 20232023International News

G20 Summit Wraps Up in New Delhi

The European Parliament Think Tank mentioned that the G20 leaders have also agreed to triple renewable energy capacity globally by 2030, as well as accept the importance to phase-down the use and manufacturing of coal power. Despite this, they have not provided any plans to fix existing policies to achieve their new targets.

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November 2022G20WorldFocus

FOCUS on Global Summits: Russia’s G20 Absence

Lavrov’s attendance comes after Putin repeatedly told Indonesian President Joko Widodo over the course of several months that he would attend the critical summit. According to Reuters, many political pundits have speculated that Putin did not want to appear on the world stage as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its ninth month.

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