Putin says his presence at G20 in Brazil would ‘undermine’ work there

MOSCOW, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday his possible attendance at next month’s summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Brazil would disrupt the important work there, adding that somebody else would represent Moscow there.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest and Ukraine has urged Brazil to arrest the Russian leader if he travels there for the Nov. 18-19 summit.

Putin told reporters on Friday that Russia could sign a bilateral agreement with Brazil to bypass the ICC’s warrant if need be.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Lucy Papachristou Editing by Gareth Jones)

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