Putin's arrest in South Africa will be considered an announcement of war - President of South Africa

According to Syril Ramafos, in South Africa they do not see the need to speak publicly about the intention to arrest the Russian president if he comes to the Brix Summit. On Tuesday, July 18, the written testimony of President Syril Ramafos was published in the South African Republic in response to the prosecutor's request for the arrest of the Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin if he arrives in South Africa for Brix Summit. Iol News writes about it.

It is reported that the South African leader called the statement of the district prosecutor "absolutely incompetent. " According to him, the order on the arrest and the issuance of Vladimir Putin cannot be justified. At the same time, Ramafos noted that according to the Government's resolution, the Brix summit will be held so that South Africa could comply with their international and legal obligations.

The President of South Africa also rejected the prosecutor, according to which his country had to publicly voice the intention to detain the Russian leader after issuing a warrant on his arrest by the ISS. "The government knows its obligations. It does not sees the need to announce it in public. South Africa is obliged to maintain confidentiality as to how it intends to process a warrant," Ramafos said.

The South African President also acknowledged that there were confidential negotiations with the ISS. In addition, according to his written testimony, the Russian Federation was made clear that the arrest of Vladimir Putin would be considered a declaration of war. "It would be incompatible with our Constitution to risk going with Russia. I have a constitutional obligation to protect the national sovereignty, peace and security of the republic," Siril Ramafos summed up.

We will remind that according to Bloomberg of July 14, Russia refused President Syril Ramafos that the Russian delegation was headed by the Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, not President Vladimir Putin during the Brix summit in August. Earlier, on July 13, Ramafos Syril at a meeting of Brix Business Council in Sandton on July 13 stated that the summit would take place in August with the personal presence of five heads of state.