President Cyril Ramaphosa is sending a delegation to G7 countries in a bid to bring about a peaceful and negotiated end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Ramaphosa will use the opportunity to continue to explain South Africa’s non-aligned stance in the war which broke out on February 24, 2022.
“I will be sending the minister of international relations and co-operation, the minister of trade, industry and competition, the minister of finance and the minister in the presidency as my envoys to the G7 countries to explain our peace mission and to deal with various diplomatic matters,” he said while delivering his budget vote in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
He said the engagements with a number of those countries on these matters have already drawn a lot of understanding and support.This is not the first time Ramaphosa has dispatched an envoy to explain South Africa's stance. Earlier this year he sent a team led by his security adviser Sydney Mufamadi to the US
to smooth the way for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s planned visit to South Africa in August, hoping to avoid a diplomatic fallout that could put trade ties worth R400bn at risk.The International Criminal Court’s warrant of arrest for Putin has placed South Africa in a predicament. The docking of the Russian vessel Lady R in Simon’s Town in December has worsened tensions between South Africa and the US after ambassador Reuben Brigety accused South Africa of arming the Russians.Brics summit in August and the aim was to strengthen existing political, social and economic ties with fellow Brics bloc countries.
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