PHUTI MOSOMANE
DEPARTMENT of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson Clayson Monyela says the government will summon the US Ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety over claims that South Africa supplied arms to Russia.
This after Brigety accused South Africa on Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base in Simon’s Town in December.
“DIRCO will today (Friday) demarche the USA Ambassador to South Africa following his remarks yesterday. We’ll issue a detailed statement after the meeting,” Monyela said in a statement.
Monyela said the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, will also be speaking with her US counterpart, Secretary Antony Blinken, on SA’s decision to take action against Brigety.
DIRCO also confirmed on Friday that the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NACC) and its chairperson, Mondli
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