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14-05-2023, 04:56 PM
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/south...-to-russia
The US Ambassador to South Africa, Mr Reuben Brigety, said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship under US sanctions took aboard weapons from Naval Base Simon’s Town last December, suggesting the transfer was not in line with Pretoria’s stance of neutrality in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Mr Brigety was summoned on Friday to meet South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.
The South African Foreign Ministry “expressed the government’s utter displeasure with his conduct and statements made yesterday”, it said.
It said Mr Brigety “admitted that he crossed the line and apologised unreservedly to the government and the people of South Africa”.
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The US Ambassador to South Africa, Mr Reuben Brigety, said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship under US sanctions took aboard weapons from Naval Base Simon’s Town last December, suggesting the transfer was not in line with Pretoria’s stance of neutrality in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Mr Brigety was summoned on Friday to meet South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.
The South African Foreign Ministry “expressed the government’s utter displeasure with his conduct and statements made yesterday”, it said.
It said Mr Brigety “admitted that he crossed the line and apologised unreservedly to the government and the people of South Africa”.
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