No BDF Troops For Lesotho

Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi said yesterday that the position of the Botswana government is that Lesotho has a government in place, and institutions that have the capacity to resolve the ongoing crisis. Further, she said that no agreement to send troops was reached during the September summit in Pretoria – South Africa.

“We cannot afford to do that at this point in time. We have two people who are in oversight committees and that was our position at the last Heads of State Summit was to increase manpower for oversight committees,” Venson-Moitoi said. She stated that the Summit did not resolve to send troops into Lesotho, saying that the military should come as the last resort.