South Africa is mulling its options if Putin shows up at a planned Brics summit in Johannesburg. Read more at straitstimes.com.
CAPE TOWN - Brics foreign ministers on Thursday asserted their bloc’s ambition to rival Western powers, but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia’s president would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.
As a member of the ICC, South Africa would theoretically be required to arrest Mr Putin, and Ms Pandor was bombarded with questions about that as she arrived for a first round of talks with representatives from Brazil, Russia, India and China. “The answer is the president will indicate what the final position of South Africa is. As matters stand, an invitation has been issued to all heads of state,” Ms Pandor said.
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