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JOHANNESBURG - The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the Ukraine war, local media said.
“The arming of the Russians is extremely serious, and we do not consider this issue to be resolved, and we would like SA to [start] practising its non-alignment policy,” Mr Brigety was quoted as saying.The US embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the remarks, which were confirmed to AFP by a source at the meeting.While US intelligence had agreed to provide evidence of the shipment, none has been provided so far, the South African presidency said in a statement.
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