
South Africa’s defense department requested a postponement of joint exercises with the Russian and Chinese navies scheduled for November in the North Asian nation.
The planned drills would coincide with South Africa’s hosting of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, and the military wants to ensure that they “do not impact on the logistical, security and other arrangements” for that meeting, the department said in a statement. China is the host of this year’s exercises.
“The Department of Defence is engaging its counterparts in the People’s Republic of China on a postponement of the exercise to a mutually suitable…
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