South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) clears High Commissioner Anil Sooklal regarding claims connected to Jacob Zuma’s visit to India. DIRCO says the High Commission did not facilitate any private meeting between Zuma and Anil Gupta.
The development comes amid allegations that Gupta-linked figures met privately with Zuma while in India, prompting scrutiny of the role of South African diplomatic officials. DIRCO’s position is that its mission’s actions did not extend to arranging or enabling such meetings.
In the reporting provided, the focus is on DIRCO’s formal clearance and its denial of involvement in any purported Gupta-related encounter. No additional details, competing claims, or timelines are included in the available source beyond DIRCO’s stated finding that no Gupta meeting was facilitated.
