👀[Russian President Vladimir] Putin does not want to be seen to be isolated and giving in to the pressure of the West' Russia China VladimirPutin
, SA is obliged to arrest him when arrives in SA but Pretoria’s non-aligned position in the Russia-Ukraine war has placed SA on a tricky situation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.is mulling options to avoid the obligation to arrest Putin, including moving the summit to Beijing in China.that Ramaphosa held talks with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping, fuelling speculation that SA was considering an alternative venue for the summit.
The publication reported that this as senior government officials reveal that indications were that Putin would disagree with any option excluding him from attending the summit to be held in SA in August.According to the publication when Ramaphosa met his ministers on Wednesday he was given three options; to ask Putin to be represented by his foreign affairs ministers at the summit; for him to participate virtually or asking Beijing to take over as host.
Last week minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said government had no plans yet to move the Brics summit to another country. Briefing the media on the outcomes of a Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, Ntshavheni however said this could change depending on the outcomes of an inter-ministerial committee set up by Ramaphosa to investigate the matter.
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