A Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner on Wednesday called on South Africa not to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a Brics summit in the country in August.
Oleksandra Romantsova, the head of an NGO that won Ukraine's first ever Nobel Peace Prize last year, urged the government to"show us that they care".
"For us South Africa is a place where people are fighting for freedom, for equality for dignity," Romantsova, who was in South Africa to garner support for Ukraine, told a media briefing in Johannesburg.If Putin were to come here and not be arrested it would"be a great disappointment", she said. Romantsova, director of the Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties , suggested the Russian president could attend the summit via Zoom - or send a minister who is not wanted by the ICC.
South Africa has refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine, saying it wanted to stay neutral and preferred dialogue to end the war.
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