President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to receive a report from the interministerial committee looking at government’s options regarding Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s attendance at the15th Brics Summit in August.
Ramaphosa said he was aware the country is anxious to know how South Africa is going to manage the situation.committee, led by deputy president Paul Mashatile, met for the first time on Monday to discuss what options the government has in light of the ICC's warrant of arrest against Putin.
Because South Africa is a signatory to the ICC’s Rome Statute, it is obliged to arrest Putin when he lands on African soil.In the end matters of conducting foreign policy and matters of inviting whoever, like we invited President De Sousa, is the function of the executive." On whether the government is going to withdraw Putin’s invitation to the summit, Ramaphosa said: “It’s not the function of other people outside of the executive. It is the government, the president who invites other heads states. That function is not devolved of any other person.“The IMC met yesterday, and they are finalising their minutes and report. The report will be presented to me first and thereafter it will go to cabinet tomorrow or another day.
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