South Africa s Army General Visits Russia Amid Tensions With US Over Alleged Arms Shipments To Putin
Russias top army general and his South African counterpart discussed military cooperation while meeting Monday in Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The announcement came hours after South African President Cyril Ramaphosa denied accusations by the United States that his country was siding with Russia in the war in Ukraine and had sent weapons to help it. Gen. Oleg Salyukov, the commander of Russias ground forces, met the chief of South Africas army, Lt. Gen. Lawrence Mbatha, at Russias general command headquarters in Moscow, the Russian ministry said. The sides discussed issues of military cooperation and the implementation of projects geared to enhance the combat readiness of the two countries armies, the ministry said in a statement. The meeting between the military commanders yielded agreements on the further expansion of cooperation between the land forces in various areas. , southafrica, russia, russiaukrainewar, ramaphosa, putin, biden, ukraine, ukrainewar n18ocworld br, br,
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