The South African government has summoned the Israeli ambassador in order to formally protest against him regarding his insulting words.
A South African foreign policy official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday that the country’s government has summoned the Israeli ambassador with the aim of formally reprimanding him for making offensive statements.
Recently, South African media reported that one of the cabinet ministers of President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he ordered the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation in his government to take action against the ambassador of the Zionist regime in this country, and at the same time South African diplomats should be called from Tel Aviv for consultation.
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According to this official, the South African government’s cabinet noted the continuation of insulting statements by the Israeli ambassador, Elio Blotserkovsky, about the opponents of Tel Aviv’s crime and genocide in Gaza.
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He said the position of the Israeli ambassador in South Africa is becoming very intolerable and added that the cabinet has decided to instruct the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation to take necessary measures through diplomatic channels and protocols to deal with his behavior.
A day after this article was published, “Zane Dangore”, the director general of the South African Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation, told Reuters news agency that Blotserkowski was summoned to the ministry to formally protest his words.
Naldi Pandour, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, said earlier:
“Israel ambassador has recently made a series of comments without any discussions with high-ranking members of the South African government. I don’t know if their motive was that because this is an African country, they wanted to disrespect us, but we should not tolerate this.”
On Wednesday in the South African Parliament, Pandor also spoke about the possibility of expelling the ambassador of the Zionist regime from his country, but he said that no decision has been made yet.
The South African government on Monday reiterated its opposition to the bombing of Gaza and said that the Israel regime and the United States undermine international laws and Security Council resolutions.
A senior government official said:
“Israel threatens the stability of the world system with its behavior against the Palestinians. America’s support for Israel enables it to threaten the international system of multilateralism and good governance and threaten the peaceful world order.”
Continuing his speech, this South African official pointed to the attacks of the Zionist regime on schools, hospitals, ambulances and civilians and said, “As it was said before, genocide cannot be tolerated in front of the eyes of the international community… and the South African government has decided to recall all its diplomats from Tel Aviv for consultation”.
