The Department of International Relations and Cooperation said South African envoys would continue to speak to diplomats around the world to explain government's non-aligned position, which he reiterated was not the same as being neutral.
CAPE TOWN - The director general of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation Zane Dangor said South Africa's non-aligned stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine doesn't mean it agreed with everything Russia does.
He said South Africa would raise its concern about Russia nixing the Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine at the G20 summit in September. Dangor said South African envoys would continue to speak to diplomats around the world to explain government's non-aligned position, which he reiterated was not the same as being neutral.With the diplomatic conundrum of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend the BRICS Summit out of the way, the focus returned to the substantive issues.Putin, meanwhile, will still participate in the summit from a virtual platform.
Dangor said world powers, like the United States and United Kingdom, accepted that South Africa was genuinely concerned about ending the war, and that its non-aligned stance was making it possible to convene meaningful peace talks.
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