SOUTH Africa said it will provide diplomatic immunity to attendees of two meetings of officials from the Brics group of countries — a practice the government said is routine — as it prepares to host Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in August.
The immunity covers a meeting of foreign ministers from the bloc, which groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, who will gather in Cape Town from June 1-2, according to a Government Gazette published on Monday.
It also covers a summit of the Brics heads of state scheduled to take place August 22-24, the Department of International Relations and Cooperations said in the official notice.
“This is a standard conferment of immunities that we do for all international conferences and summits held in South Africa irrespective of the level of participation,” the department said on Tuesday.
“The immunities are for the conference and not for
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