EFF vows to protect Putin if he attends Brics summit in SA
EFF leader Julius Malema has vowed to protect Russian President Vladimir Putin if he decides to visit South Africa.
South Africa will host the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China at the 15th BRICS Summit from 22 to 24 August in Durban.
The International Criminal Court has recently issued an arrest warrant against Putin for the "unlawful deportation" of Ukrainian children.
But Russia is not a member of ICC and it is not yet clear how the warrant will be enforced.
Malema has described the ICC as hypocrites.
He briefed the media on Thursday following the party's national shutdown on Monday.
"Putin is welcome here, and no one is going to arrest him.
"If needs be, we will go and fetch him from the airport to his meeting, he will address finish all his meetings and we will take him back to the airport.
"We are not going to be told by these hypocrites of the International Criminal Court who know the real violators of human rights and the murders of this world.
"President Vladimir Putin is welcomed, we know our friends, the people who liberated us, and the people who supported us.
"We know the people who supported us, In Cuito Cuanavale the weapons that were used and led to the liberation of South Africa were coming from Russia," Malema added.
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