WARSAW, June 17 Delay of the South African peace mission plane claims, without naming sources, that the guards of the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, were «armed to the teeth» and wanted to bring 12 containers of weapons into Poland.
A resonant incident in Warsaw occurred on Thursday and has not been resolved so far: the guards of Ramaphosa, who is heading for negotiations in Kyiv, as well as journalists, were stuck at the airport for a day. The head of the security service of the President of South Africa accused Poland of trying to disrupt the peace mission. The Polish Border Guard, on the other hand, claims that the guards of the South African leader voluntarily remained on the plane in Warsaw, as they did not have permission to import weapons.
«On the way from Warsaw to Kiev, President Cyril Ramaphosa wanted to be accompanied by heavily armed guards. The President flew to Poland on one plane, and on the other — accompanying him — there were 120 people — journalists and members of his guard,» writes Rzeczpospolita, the report states that «guards tried to unload 12 containers of weapons from the plane.» However, the source of the information is not given.
South African journalists, instead of covering the trip, spent the night on the plane without the opportunity to shower and brush their teeth, and the crew of the South African airline SAA bought them food.
According to TimesLIVE, South African Presidential Security Chief Major General Wally Rude accused the Polish government of trying to disrupt President Ramaphosa's peace mission and said the president's life was «endangered.»
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