(Bloemfontein) South Africa is part of the
5 nations economic group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) who
refer themselves by the acronym BRICS formed by the first letter of each
country. In June, South Africa is hosting a BRICS summit and as such it leaves South
Africa in a dilemma. You see South Africa signed up to the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court in 1998 ratified in 2002, became law in 2002 and
so if the leader of Russia happens to attend the June summit, it would legally
have to enforce the arrest warrant issued for Putin by the ICC over his
invasion of the Ukraine. In response South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa
shas stated that he is going to have South Africa leave the ICC. Well I suppose
that’s one way to be able to invite Putin for tea.
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| Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa attend a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa July 26, 2018. |
