The United States believes South Africa loaded weapons and ammunition onto a Russian vessel docked at the country’s main naval base in December, Washington’s envoy to South Africa said on Thursday.
In February, South Africa and Russia held joint naval exercises, along with China, off the South African coast. U.S. officials had expressed concern about the timing of the exercises.
South African authorities never formally explained the arrival of the vessel, nor acknowledged its existence.In Washington on Thursday, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel declined to discuss the specifics of Brigety’s comments but said the U.S. government had “serious concerns” about the ship incident. He said the Biden administration remains committed to the “affirmative agenda” of its relationship with South Africa.
Washington has issued repeated warnings to China, Russia’s most powerful partner, against providing the Kremlin weapons it might employ in Ukraine. It has also slappedSouth Africa’s relations with Moscow date back to the Cold War, when the now ruling African National Congress was backed by the Soviet Union in its struggle against the apartheid government.
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