President Cyril Ramaphosa's life was on Thursday “put in jeopardy” after highly trained members of his protection team remained stuck in the plane due to aviation regulations and bureaucracy.
Meanwhile, earlier Ramaphosa met with Duda and other officials, accompanied by international relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor, special envoy Bejani Chauke and legal adviser Nonkululeko Jele ahead of his peace initiative to bring an end to the war in Russia and Ukraine.
TimesLIVE reported earlier that the “road to peace” journey had been marred by challenges including technical, red tape and extreme logistical issues even before the flight left South African shores. The flight eventually landed at the Warsaw Chopin Airport in Poland at about 13:18 and while on the flight, the presidency tweeted that Ramaphosa had arrived for his working visit to the Poland and Ukraine.
An hour into the wait, the media was informed that Ramaphosa had departed in his Nkwazi Jet to Rzesow to make his way to Kyiv, Ukraine. After four hours of waiting the pilot and crew, led by the pilot, came to the back of the plane where they were heard talking about the matter.
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