The United States of America's ambassador to South Africa, Reuben Brigety, accused the country of providing military support to Russia in the Ukraine war despite its professed neutrality, local media reported on Thursday.
Brigety claimed during a media briefing that the US had evidence that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto a Russian freighter that docked in a Cape Town naval base last December.
South Africa has refused to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and has stressed its desire to remain neutral, but the country's joint military exercise with Russia and China earlier this year was seen as evidence of a tilt towards the Kremlin.
Brigety called on South Africa to practice its non-alignment policy and to avoid providing support to any party in the conflict.
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