Putin May Join South Africa's BRICS Summit Virtually allafrica: SouthAfrica
According to City Press, a hybrid sitting is under consideration for the summit which would allow multiple leaders, including Putin, to attend the event virtually.
A government official said:"The Ramaphosa administration is the one that revoked the earlier decision to leave the ICC and decided the country would stay. So they can't now go against their own decision by allowing Putin to come. They would not want to take decisions that might harm the interest of the country in the long term. South Africa does not want to be a pariah state."
Per the ICC's jurisdiction under the Rome Statue, South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin should he enter the country.has caused economic suffering around the world, and has impacted on imports, exports and the supply of gas and wheat. Significant political and economic challenges for African countries were the result.
Already reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the conflict and its economic fallout brought more pain as
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