Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to go to South Africa subsequent month for talks with the nation’s chief Cyril Ramaphosa.
A spokesperson for the South African presidency says it will likely be a continuation of Ramaphosa’s ongoing engagement with each Kyiv and Moscow to discover a path to peace.
South Africa has adopted a impartial place on Russia’s struggle in Ukraine and has tried to behave as a mediator between the perimeters, though with restricted success.
Ramaphosa led an African peace mission to Russia and Ukraine in 2023 and met with each Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The South African president has held separate calls with each leaders since then.
Pretoria has shut ties with Russia, with each international locations belonging to the BRICS group of rising economies that’s making an attempt to problem the Western-dominated financial order.
In addition, South Africa has refused to sentence Putin’s resolution to invade Ukraine three years in the past.
Zelenskyy’s go to to the nation comes at a vital juncture within the struggle following his explosive assembly with US President Donald Trump on the White House final week.
He is making an attempt to shore up worldwide help for his nation after Washington halted intelligence-sharing and all navy help to Ukraine.
Following the confrontation, European leaders have backed plans to spend extra on defence and have reaffirmed their dedication to supporting Ukraine.
The US excluded Ukraine and different European allies when it met with Russian officers in Saudi Arabia over a potential peace deal final month.
South Africa says that Ukraine should be included in peace talks, echoing a name by European leaders.
Ramaphosa is because of meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa in Cape Town subsequent week on the annual EU-South Africa summit.
South Africa holds the presidency of the Group of 20 this 12 months and has known as for cooperation among the many bloc to search out an finish to the struggle in Ukraine.
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