A handful of senior U.S. lawmakers from both parties are calling for South Africa to be punished for its perceived support of Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The letter, signed by Sen. Chris Coons and Republican Sen. Jim Risch, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and endorsed by members from both parties on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says they're"seriously concerned that hosting the 2023 AGOA Forum in South Africa would serve as an endorsement" of the country's"support for Russia and possible violation of U.S. Sanction laws.
People attend the 18th African Growth and Opportunity Act forum, an exhibition of eligible Ivory Coast products on the U.S. market, in Abidjan, in this August 5, 2019 file photo.South Africa, the continent's largest single economy, exported about $3 billion worth of goods through AGOA to the United States in 2022.
of secretly loading arms onto a sanctioned Russian ship in Simon's Town harbor in December 2022, before the ship returned to Russia with its contents.His comments came after tension flared in February when South Africa hosted joint naval war games off its coast with Russian and Chinese warships. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend the first plenary session of the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit at the Sirius Park of Science and Art in Sochi, Russia, in an October 24, 2019 file photo.Both Presidents Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine have said they will meet the Africa leaders.
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