JOHANNESBURG, Jan 16 (Reuters) - South Africa’s defence ministry said on Friday that Minister Angie Motshekga had launched an inquiry into Iran’s participation in the BRICS+ naval exercises held in South African waters over the past week.
The defence ministry said in a statement that the inquiry would seek to determine whether South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions regarding Iran’s involvement were misrepresented and/or ignored.
(Reporting by Wendell Roelf and Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander Winning)
