The African National Congress has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would not attend the15th BRICS Summit.
The summit is expected to take place next month.
Addressing the media ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri said wisdom has prevailed.
This comes as the BRICS leaders held discussions regarding Putin’s attendance of the Summit today.
Mahlengi said the matter of SA handing Putin over to the ICC if he attended the BRICS Summit has been put to rest.
She said SA still welcome the fact that the Russian federation would be represented by the foreign minister and the diplomats based in the country.
