Foreign ministry says ‘no record of approved arms sale by state’ after allegations by Reuben Brigety
South Africa’s foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador over allegations he made that the countryAmid the diplomatic fallout, South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, would also speak with the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation said in a statement posted on Twitter.
The foreign ministry added in a statement on Friday that there was “no record of an approved arms sale by the state to Russia related to the period/incident in question”. The issue threatens to seriously strain the relationship between the US and one of its key African partners. Monyela said South Africa would issue a “demarche” against Brigety for his allegations, a diplomatic term that refers to a formal complaint. Monyela also said in his Twitter post that South Africa “values the relations we have with the United States of America. They’re cordial, strong and mutually beneficial”.
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