Citing it as “encouraging”, Ramaphosa said this provided cause for optimism that their proposals will be given consideration.As African leaders, our primary concern is for the lives of the people directly affected by the conflict. We believe everything should be done to end the fighting to prevent further loss of life, injury, displacement and destruction,” he said.
In his weekly newsletter, the president said the African delegation to the Ukraine and Russian federation was a mission to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict.Last Friday we met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital Kyiv, and with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Saturday.“We presented a 10-point proposal that we as African leaders believe can contribute to efforts that have been made by parties to bring the conflict to an end,” he said.
“As South Africa we continue to maintain our position the conflict should be settled through negotiation and by diplomatic means, in line with founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement, and that it is in the collective interest of everyone that it come to an end soon,” he said.
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