No decision on BDF troops for Lesotho

BDF plane
BDF plane

The government of Botswana has not yet taken a position on whether it will send its troops to Lesotho, the minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Ndelu Seretse said yesterday.

A decision on alleviating the Lesotho coup can only be made by President Ian Khama, with recommendation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Botswana Defence Force troops would have to go under the umbrella of the Southern Africa Development Committee (SADC).

“The only time we can do that is after the Minister of Foreign Affairs has made a recommendation to the president, who has the powers to authorise military deployment. But we can only do that under the mandate of the SADC Brigade,” Seretse said yesterday.

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