South Africa is looking for loopholes in the International Criminal Court's charter that may allow Russian President Putin to attend the BRICS summit in August.
and"all countries" to issue immunity for officials attending international conferences"irrespective of the level of participation."
Though Monyela also added that"these immunities do not override any warrant that may have been issued by any international tribunal against any attendee of the conference.
President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the first plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, Oct. 24, 2019.Reports surfaced in late April suggesting that South Africa was considering leaving the ICC after the international court issued the arrest warrant for Putin, though Ramaphosa immediately walked back this threat, calling it an"error in a comment" made by his ruling party.
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