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The commander of the South African army’s ground forces is on an official visit to Moscow, according to Russian news agency-TASS
The commander of the South African army’s ground forces is on an official visit to Moscow, according to the Russian news agency TASS. Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha and his delegation discussed with their Russian colleagues issues of military cooperation aimed at increasing the combat readiness of the armed forces of the two countries, TASS reported.
The delegation will visit military educational establishments of the Russian ground forces and enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex. This visit comes in the midst of tensions between South Africa and the United States. The US accuses Pretoria of having delivered arms to Russia, a country that has been leading a military offensive against Ukraine for more than a year. After these accusations. The South African government promised to carry out an investigation into these alleged deliveries.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa assured the US that his country would not be drawn into a competition between world powers over Ukraine because of its non-aligned stand and determination to stay neutral, although it had been subject to extraordinary pressure to choose a side. But reports coming from the Kremlin said that Ramaphosa spoke on the phone last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders had shown their desire to “increase” their cooperation. The forthcoming visit of Putin to South Africa to attend the BRICS summit is also a subject of intense discussion among world leaders.
