A top Polish security official has denied that the authorities were being racist for not allowing the South African president’s security detail to disembark in Warsaw.

“Important! The passengers on the plane from South Africa that landed in Warsaw did not have permission to carry weapons in Poland,” tweeted Stanislaw Zaryn.

“Accusations against Poland of racism are being circulated in this case. This is nonsense,” the director of the National Security Department and spokesman for the minister-special services co-ordinator added.

Earlier, South Africa’s frustrated presidential head of security, Maj Gen Wally Rhoode, said the Polish decision had jeopardised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s safety as they had been unable to accompany him on his peace mission to Ukraine, calling officials racist.

Source: BBC