Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the South African government on reports that South Africa has supplied weapons to Russia.

On 1 June the Foreign Secretary spoke with South Africa's Foreign Minister to discuss South Africa's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We understand South Africa's long-held non-alignment policy and we encourage South Africa to follow its own principles and use their available channels, including the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and their G20 Presidency preparations, to urge Russia to end its unprovoked and illegal invasion and create room for diplomacy.