International relations minister Naledi Pandor has confirmed that Russia’s Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend the 15th Brics summit in South Africa in August.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine, in a move that caused outrage in the Kremlin.International relations minister Naledi Pandor has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend the 15th Brics summit in South Africa in August.
“President Putin is one of the heads of Brics [the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa grouping] and is invited to the summit and I think the ICC warrant is a matter of concern,” Pandor said.
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