Sergei Lavrov dances with welcoming party after arriving in South Africa for BRICS summit

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Johannesburg on Tuesday ahead of the BRICS summit.

Footage captured by South Africa's Department of Social Development showed Lavrov being greeted by traditional dancers.

Lavrov will deputise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will instead address colleagues from Brazil, India, China and South Africa via video link from Russia, as he is wanted under an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

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[mujtabaleghari]

From the comments i can see that Russia is getting on West's nerves 😂

[SeahorsesJay]

Love Lavrov! Super intelligent and humble guy, does his job exceptionally well

[peterwillson]

These people deserve him and he deserves them.

[panoptos]

“Dances” is a bit of an overstatement; more like awkwardly claps before escaping camera view.

[laravid]

Great! Next I would like to see Lavrov dressed in some native attire, to show respect and love for the African culture and values.

[ericp]

Let’s not forget Indian treachery or Brazil .

[pdxdragon]

Amazing!

I watched this entire video, and I didn't hear him lie once.

[Mongezi]

My favourite diplomat, his enthusiastic attempt to join in the dancing is endearing..🇿🇦🇷🇺

[amandapeluso]

Lavrov is a great diplomat. I wish President Putin was there with him.

[Gsnsvasveq]

Тот случай когда даже бродяг решили не прогонять😂😂😂😂

[Llkc]

he was misplaced and he handled it well

[nlniconl]

Keep dancing 🤣🤣🤣🤣 till they all come to your country😂😂😂

[larszenthio]

Lavrov is so out of breath after going down the stairs, so he barely manages to clap to the beat. 👏🥵😁

[rb]

Now South Africa is waiting for liberation actions.

[kiwiadventures]

The FSB didn’t repair his plane I notice.

[lsees]

Hello this is your future calling, Serg🎉

[Ryan-gfir]

I must admit Lavrov is a persuasive liar 😅

[bacburrito]

War criminal looks stupid should be the headline

[EagleEye]

Nothing goes fake with Mr. Lavrov. An amazing diplomat in the world history.

[ToxicSkullFear]

putler didn't dare to go being worried about getting arrested.