South Africa’s defence minister, Thandi Modise, has strongly criticised the narrative that the country has chosen a side in the Russia-Ukraine war. The minister of defence said she was tired of anti-Russian phobia in the country.
reported that South Africa’s army chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha, met his Russian counterpart, Oleg Salyukov, and discussed agreements on further enhancing cooperation and increasing the combat readiness of the armed forces of both countries.
Modise said the government did not understand why every time, normal business between two countries and two defence forces took place, South Africa should be told that the “US is threatening us to run away”. “South Africa is right in the middle of trying to find resolutions for this war. I don’t know how many times we must say that we stand for peace, we stand for negotiations and reconciliation,” Modise said, adding that this did not mean the South African military could not be briefed by its Russian counterparts.
The US envoy placed doubt on South Africa’s non-aligned stance in the Russia-Ukraine war when he vowed on his life that the Americans were aware that South Africa had sold arms to the Russians in December 2022. He said the discussions were mainly on the efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the devastating conflict in the Ukraine, its cost in human lives and impact on the African continent.
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