South African President Ramaphosa sends ministers to G7 countries to explain position on Ukraine
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is to send his representatives to G7 countries to explain the African peacekeeping mission and the country’s position on the Ukrainian conflict, SABC TV reported.
“I will again send the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, the Minister of Trade and Competition, the Minister of Finance and the Minister in the Presidency as my envoys to the G7 countries to explain our peacekeeping mission and address various diplomatic issues,” the president said while delivering his budget message.
He stressed that South Africa was working towards a more inclusive, representative and just world order.
As Ramaphosa had earlier stated, he had spoken to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelenski, and presented the peace initiative to them on behalf of Zambia, Senegal, Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa. He said the interlocutors had agreed to host the mission of African states in Moscow and Kiev.
South African Foreign Ministry Director General Zein Dangor said the African leaders would visit the two capitals in early June.
Moscow has repeatedly indicated that it is ready to negotiate with Kiev in view of the new realities, but a legal ban has been imposed there. Ukraine, meanwhile, says peace can only be established on their terms and after the country returns to its 1991 borders.
The Russian leader’s press secretary, Dmitriy Peskov, said that a plan that did not take into account today’s territorial realities and Russia’s new regions could not be peaceful.
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