Ramaphosa's Russian peace mission hits a snag as security stuck in Poland: President Cyril Ramaphosa's advance team meant to provide critical security in Kyiv, Ukraine, remained stuck on the plane in Poland on Thursday night due to aviation regulations…
While President Cyril Ramaphosa rubbed shoulders with Poland's President Andrzej Duda, his security detail and South African journalists were stranded at Warsaw Chopin AirportPresidents Vladimir Putin and Cyril Ramaphosa photographed during an official welcome ceremony for heads of states and governments of member-states of the Russia-Africa Summit in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, in 2019.
The journalists covering the mission travelled abroad with specialised police officers including the presidential protection services and the army, among others, were not allowed to disembark in Poland. The journalists on board were told there were “issues” with the plane that was meant to transport them to Rzezouw as the “chartered flight had not arrived”. An hour into the wait, they were told that Ramaphosa had departed in his jet, named Nkwazi, to Rzesouw to make his way to Kyiv, Ukraine.
After four hours of waiting the pilot and crew went to the back of the plane where they were heard talking about the matter.
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