How South Africa got out of its Putin bind
Ramaphosa consulted all Brics leaders — one by one — on ‘a responsible way to deal with legal and diplomatic conundrum’
20 July 2023 - 18:33
Some of the details of how President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa’s diplomats got South Africa out of its bind over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attendance at the upcoming Brics summit are revealed in the president’s affidavits to the Pretoria high court, the latest of which was publicly disclosed late on Wednesday. ..
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