Emmanuel Macron
PARIS, 22nd June (RHC) – French President Emmanuel Macron could attend the upcoming Brics Summit to be held in South Africa next August, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has announced.
This intention was communicated to Naledi Pandor, the South African Chancellor. I have expressed the President’s availability and his interest in continuing the dialogue that France is having with the Brics Group, he stated.
Regarding Macron’s participation in the summit of the Brics countries (consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), Colonna specified that this had to be “in full compliance with international law”.
According to specialist media, this statement would indicate the expected presence at the event of Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom an arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court, an entity to which Moscow is not affiliated but Pretoria is.
In this regard, Pandor stated that President Macron’s participation, if it were to take place, would be the first of the practices used so far at the BRICS summits.
However, it is up to the host who is invited. The decision, he said, rests with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Source:PL)