Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend a summit of the BRICS nations in August, South Africa said on Wednesday, ending months of speculation about whether the country would arrest him on an international warrant.
South Africa faced a dilemma in hosting the summit because, as a member of the International Criminal Court that issued the warrant in March, it would be obliged to arrest Putin for alleged war crimes by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.
The announcement followed consultations on Tuesday night between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and leaders of political parties from the BRICS group of emerging economies.for Putin accuses him of the war crime of illegally deporting children from Ukraine. A court filing made public on Tuesday showed Ramaphosa had asked permission from the ICC not to arrest Putin because doing so would amount to a declaration of war and potentially scupper African efforts to end the war in Ukraine.South Africa says it is neutral in the Ukraine conflict, but it has been criticised by Western powers for being friendly to Russia, a strong ally of the governing African National Congress under apartheid.
Some BRICS countries considered the summit an opportunity to find a currency that could rival the U.S. dollar, but Thomashausen said this was now unlikely to happen.Johannesburg resident Lunga Tshabalala said it was "an upside for a whole lot of people ... that don't feel like we need the alliance with Russia".
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