South Africa Gave Flight Permit to US-Sanctioned Russian Company

South Africa issued a flight permit to a Russian aircraft operator approved by the United States and said he was not aware of the company’s blacklist.

According to Rapport, an Abakan Air Cargo plane, which was on a black list by the US to carry Russian military equipment by the US last year, landed on Thursday with a heavy load on South Africa. The plane flew to Uping via the narrow Es Salaam in Tanzania before making fuel supply at the Lanseria Airport outside Johannesburg, referring to the data from Flighhtradar24 at the Lurseria Airport outside Johannesburg.

Spokesman Collen MSİBİ, the South African Ministry of Transport, on September 23, a civil helicopter and a “acrobatic” aircraft General Cargo’nun to move to Air Air’e a foreign operator’s permission.

Msibi said that South Africa has not been informed by any other government that Abakan Air has been on the blacklist. “It should be taken care that the operator of the South African government does not put the blacklist on the blacklist,” he added.

The website of the US Treasury Foreign Assets Control shows that Russia is approved by Abakan Air.

The flight comes three years after being placed on a naval base near Cape Town, making a diplomatic row spark between Pretoria and Washington. The former US Ambassador to South Africa claimed that weapons were loaded on the ship. Fallout endangered African country’s largest economy on the world’s largest economy, and Rand has made a record level against the dollar.

A judicial investigation initiated by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa did not find any evidence to support the US ambassador’s claims.

Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, the relations between Washington and Pretoria have worsened. After Trump claimed that the government had presided over the genocide of White Africanans farmers, he helped the US with the highest import tariffs in Sub -Sahara Africa and shot the country.

American MPs are also thinking of a bill looking for a complete study of ties between countries, claiming that Pretoria supports US rivals.

Rapport said Abakan Air is on a debting list for payment debts for aviation services, including fuel. According to the website, the cargo plane was in Iran for a while before flying to South Africa.

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