The Russia-Ukraine war was among the issues discussed by US secretary of state Antony Blinken and international relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor on Monday.
Pandor said she appreciated that Blinken did not force SA to take sides in the conflict which started in February.
“I certainly will not be bullied that way, nor will I expect any other African country worth its salt to be treated that way. “We should be equally concerned at what’s happening to the people of Palestine as we are about what is happening to the people of Ukraine. We have not seen an even-handed approach in use of prescripts of international law.”
Blinken, who last visited in 2013 when former president Barack Obama was in the country, said what happens in SA reverberates around the world. Blinken said the repercussions of the war in the Ukraine had been felt globally, especially in Africa, in rising food and energy prices.
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