Bozell’s latest démarche further deepens SA, US tensions: Expert
Parliament's portfolio committee on International Relations wants DIRCO to explain the demarches
US Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III, has made his third démarche in nine months, intensifying tensions between the two nations, according to international relations expert Kingsley Makhubela. The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Co-operation plans to question the department about the reasons behind Bozell's démarches.
Makhubela stated, "The message that's coming out quite clearly is that there's an escalation in terms of the tension between the two countries and it appears that on this side, the American ambassador is failing in terms of restarting relations, resetting the relations between the two countries." He further added, "So he's actually failing in his diplomatic mission because the basic function of an ambassador is to build relations between the two countries. So based on that you can see he's failing."
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