As South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa said, the war in Ukraine has greatly affected the lives of many people in Africa. Thus, the situation in terms of food security worsened, prices of fuel, grain products and fertilizers rose.
African countries will send diplomatic delegations to Ukraine and Russia to help end the war. This was expressed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, writes Bloomberg.
According to him, a delegation of African heads of state plans to visit Moscow and Kiev to present a plan to resolve the conflict as soon as possible. The legal effort will cover Zambia, Senegal, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa.
“This peacekeeping mission will contribute to various other missions aimed at ending this conflict,” Ramaphosa said. said.
The publication writes that Ramaphosa said in March 2022 that someone had asked the South African government to mediate in the war between Ukraine and Russia. Exactly who did this, however, was not specified.
According to journalists, Ramaphosa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12, and the next day with his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky. Both have agreed to receive African heads of state as part of a diplomatic mission.
Ramaphosa said the war in Ukraine has greatly affected the lives of many people in Africa. Thus, the situation in terms of food security worsened, prices of fuel, grain products and fertilizers rose.
“The focus of our discussions is efforts to peacefully resolve the devastating conflict in Ukraine, the cost of human lives and its impact on the African continent,” Ramaphosa said. said.
Recall that on May 11, the US Ambassador to South Africa said that South Africa supplies Russia with ammunition and weapons. Washington took the discovery of an arms shipment to Moscow from an African country seriously and sees it as a problem. The President of South Africa also announced the work on this issue.
“The United States believes that South Africa is supplying arms to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s army, even though it claims to be neutral on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” the diplomat said in a statement.
However, on May 13, it was learned that the US ambassador apologized for accusing South Africa of providing military aid to Russia. South Africa’s Foreign Ministry said the government had no record of selling weapons to the Russians. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an investigation into the incident.
Source: Focus
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