LOUIS CHARBONNEAU: Why cozying up to Russia gets SA nowhere

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SA’s soft approach risks giving Russia a chance to play the victim

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile via video link in Moscow, Russia, on April 20 2022. File photo: KREMLIN via REUTERS/SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV

The perception among Western countries and Ukraine of SA’s draft resolution as a hostile and provocative act was compounded by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s earlier echoing of Russian talking points,.

It appears Pretoria’s goal in offering a text many viewed as weak was to lock Russia into making a public commitment to steps that would end Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis. The idea was that more “naming and shaming” of Russia was unnecessary and unhelpful. SA wanted to get as many UN member states on board as possible — especially Russia — and was willing to dilute the resolution to achieve that goal.

 

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