- Snow's inherent racism ... and South Africa's position Archived Message
Posted by margo
on February 5, 2019, 11:02 am, in reply to "Chris Williamson Labour Mp smacks down JoSno & C4 news over Venezuela"
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Note Snow's inherent racism and arrogance as he simply deletes and demotes the fact that the entire African Union (dozens of countries) have given support for Maduro, when he shares with Williamson that, really, only a handful of countries are against Trump's choice while all the important countries have fallen in behind the USA. Aside from the general AU statement, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu has stuck her neck out further and said that South Africa recognises Nicolas Maduro as the rightful leader of Venezuela and would use its vote in the UN security council to that effect. Sisulu hasn't failed to notice that the US-UK are currently gunning for SA's BRICS alliance and SA foreign office has taken exception to the rude, condescending way the US-UK broke standard diplomacy protocols in a recent, bossy note to the SA govt** [1] Lindiwe Sisulu  --- - - - - - - - note [1] Statement [from South Africa] on the Memorandum by Embassies of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland Date: February 3, 2019. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) notes with disappointment the dispatching of a Memorandum to the Office of The Presidency by the Embassies of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. This is a departure from established diplomatic practice. In terms of acceptable diplomatic practice, protocol and convention, diplomatic missions are expected to communicate to the receiving state by means of a note verbale (diplomatic note) conveyed through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation. All embassies, regional and international organizations accredited to South Africa are aware of this protocol and universal norm. South African diplomatic missions abroad consistently observe this protocol by directing official communication to the respective foreign ministries in the countries of accreditation. The South African government is intensifying its efforts to deepen and expand economic relations with a number of countries around the world, and is pleased with the enthusiastic response its efforts have yielded thus far. All matters that have been raised by investors are being addressed by the respective clusters of our government. We are satisfied that all the branches of our democratic state, including state agencies, are vigorously pursuing their respective mandates to address our current challenges. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms. Lindiwe Sisulu has instructed the Department to demarche the concerned Ambassadors with a view to discussing substantive matters contained in their correspondence, and to reiterate acceptable protocol in addressing such matters. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation would like to remind all diplomatic missions accredited to South Africa to address official correspondence through the appropriate diplomatic channels. |