It is not yet clear what South Africa’s position will be before this week’s special UN General Assembly session on Russia’s declared annexation of Ukrainian territories.
Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik has implored African leaders who haven’t shown support for Ukraine to rethink their stance before a special United Nations General Assembly session on Russia’s recent declared annexation of four Ukrainian territories.
“Three weeks ago I went to the UN [General Assembly] in New York City where all the leaders of different countries gathered,” she said. From the European leaders she picked up that there was “a cohesive view of the war in Ukraine”, but “when I started talking to people out of the democratic bubble, it turns out they see the world differently”, she said. “There is a lot of Russian propaganda.”
This week’s General Assembly session, starting on Monday, 10 October, came about after Russia exercised its veto in the UN Security Council to block a resolution condemning the annexation at the end of last month. The vote will be a measure of countries’ positions on the conflict, and any possible increased support for either side, since it started almost eight months ago.Rudik said Ukraine was keen to get exports of its grain moving to Africa again as the conflict has severely restricted the movements of ships out of Ukraine’s ports.
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