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South Africa: Russian Leader Putin's Visit a Headache For South African Govt
allAfrica, 24 March 2023
Russia's President Vladimir Putin will be attending the Brics Summit in August this year, on invitation by the South African government. Brics is a group of the world's biggest… Read more »
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South Africa: Ruling ANC Party 'Working Visit' to Russia Sparks Concern in Wake of Putin Arrest Order
allAfrica, 3 April 2023
A delegation of African National Congress (ANC) members and National Executive Council member Alvin Botes, who is also deputy minister of International relations and cooperation,… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa Mulls Options After ICC's Putin Arrest Order
VOA, 28 March 2023
With an International Criminal Court arrest warrant out for Vladimir Putin, South Africa is weighing what to do if the Russian president accepts an earlier invitation to attend an… Read more »
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South Africa: ICC Arrest Warrant for Vladimir Putin - a King-Size Dilemma for South Africa
The Conversation Africa, 28 March 2023
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of… Read more »
Putin's Planned Visit a Headache for South African Govt
Russia's President Vladimir Putin will be attending the Brics Summit in August this year, on invitation by the South African government. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has, since the Putin invitation, issued a warrant of arrest for the Russian leader for war crimes stemming from the conflict with Ukraine that started over a year ago on February 28, 2022, writes Esther Rose for AllAfrica.
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The European Union's foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has urged Pretoria to use its ties with Russia to convince Moscow to stop its war on Ukraine. Borrell's trip to South Read more »
South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has said that the ICC, to which South Africa is a signatory, has not been "even-handed" as an arbiter in international affairs. Pandor said while she has not said the ICC is "wrong" in issuing the warrant of arrest against Putin, she expressed deep misgivings regarding the international court's decision ... (file photo)
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Addressing debt while bolstering agriculture, energy access and continental trade could ease the burden on struggling economies. In today's interconnected wo Read more »
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Foreign Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor has called for a diplomatic end to the Ukraine-Ruussia conflict following a visit by Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov. "Our ... Read more »
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South Africa is hosting a joint naval exercise, Exercise Mosi II, with Russia and China. Read more »
