🇷🇺🇿🇦 Russia’s Foreign Minister defends naval drills with South Africa

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Moscow did not want any “scandals” regarding joint naval drills between Russia, China and South Africa scheduled for next month.

He was responding to criticism surrounding the drills, at a news conference on Monday during a visit to South Africa.

Lavrov said Russia had provided all necessary information regarding plans for the military exercises.

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