Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin won’t personally attend the G20 summit in South Africa, which is a signatory to the Rome Statute of the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC).

Supply: Interfax, quoting Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 22 October, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: In response to Peskov, Putin "won’t personally attend" the G20 summit, which is able to happen in South Africa on the finish of November.

"However Russia, as we mentioned, shall be represented at a dignified stage," he mentioned, including that the pinnacle of the Russian delegation to the G20 shall be introduced "sooner or later".

Background:

• That is the second time Putin has refused to journey to South Africa. In July 2023, he didn’t attend the BRICS summit "by mutual settlement" with South Africa.
• Final 12 months, the Kremlin chief didn’t attend the G20 summit in Brazil, which can be a signatory to the ICC Rome Statute.
• In the meantime, Putin was welcomed and never arrested in Mongolia and Tajikistan, that are members of the ICC and had been obliged to execute the worldwide arrest warrant.

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