President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched an inquiry into allegations made by the US Ambassador that South Africa supplied Russia with weapons.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa instituted an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied weapons and ammunition to Russia, despite Pretoria having taken a neutral stance on its invasion of Ukraine.
The US takes the arming of Russia extremely seriously and the issue remains unresolved, according to the ambassador, who spoke after returning from the US with a South African delegation that had sought to ensure the country retains its preferential trade access to American markets. He didn’t specify what weapons the US believed had been collected and the US Embassy declined to comment further on the claims.
State Department spokesman Vedant Patel wouldn’t be drawn on whether the US would consider sanctions against South Africa should the ambassador’s claim prove true. While the US has “serious concerns” about a sanctioned Russian vessel docking in a South African port, these were being addressed in discussions with South African officials, he said in response to questions at a regular State Department briefing Thursday.
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