While the South African government can breathe a sigh of relief over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to no longer come to South Africa to attend next month’s Brics leaders’ summit, experts are divided. Full story➡️
While the South African government can breathe a sigh of relief over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to no longer come to South Africa to attend next month’s Brics leaders’ summit, experts are divided, with some warning that US-backed sanctions could be imposed in the future.
“The Russian Federation will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. In due course, a comprehensive statement on the substantive issues to be covered at the summit and other related foreign policy matters will be issued.”President Cyril Ramaphosa said in an affidavit that if South Africa arrested Putin, it would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Russia.
SA Communist Party general secretary Solly Mapaila lauded the Russian leader for being “a statesman” amid the raging geopolitical storm.He said: “President Putin has demonstrated an understanding of the situation faced by South Africa at the highest level of statesmanship. No single country in the world can think of arresting President Putin.
“South Africa should use this lesson of President Putin not having been able to come here to attend the Brics summit on behalf of his own country to reflect on its own instruments of development; on what could have been the reason for him not to come.“We don’t have a public banking system in this country – not a single bank owned by the state that we can go to, open a bank account and transact.
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