Russia’s motive and role in the Mosi II tri-nation naval exercise was scrutinised at a press briefing aboard the SAS Mendi in Richards Bay on Wednesday.
A U.S. official told CBS News there were questions about whether South Africa would want to be associated with Russian "symbols of hatred and death."
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Funerals have been held for at least seven People’s Liberation Army pilots and crew who died when a warplane crashed in the South China Sea early this month, according to official reports.