South African security personnel accompanying delegation to Ukraine are held up aboard their plane in Poland as Pretoria, Warsaw seek to resolve impasse
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had arrived in Warsaw separately aboard the Inkwazi presidential jet after attending a UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland. / Photo: AFP
"We're deeply disturbed by the experience they've gone through," Ramaphosa's spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said in a statement, describing the incident as"regrettable". Magwenya said South African officials were working to resolve the impasse, which earlier triggered an outburst from the head of Ramaphosa's security, who accused Polish authorities of racism, a charge Zaryn dismissed as"nonsense".The plane left Pretoria early on Thursday, reportedly carrying about 120 people, in between security personnel and journalists. The group was meant to follow Ramaphosa on his trip to Kiev as part of an African leaders' peace mission.
Magwenya said authorities were hoping the security team would be allowed to join Ramaphosa for the second leg of the peace talks on Saturday in Russia.
The delegation of African leaders and government representatives arrived in Ukraine on Friday on a peace mission aimed at persuading Russia and Ukraine to start a dialogue to end the 16-month-long conflict.
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