South Africa Expects to Take Part in Russia-Africa Summit in July, Foreign Minister Says
South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor conducts a joint press conference with Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (not in picture) during his visit to South Africa at OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on January 10, 2023.InternationalIndiaAfricaPRETORIA (Sputnik) – The leadership of South Africa expects to take part in the second Russia-Africa summit in Russia’s St. Petersburg, which is scheduled for July 26-29, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor told Sputnik.”When we are invited through the African Union, [we] do tend to attend all summits that involve our African leaders, and Russia being such a friend of South Africa, I can’t imagine that we wouldn’t participate, so I think, the second summit which is what this will be, will be an important meeting that South Africa should play a role in,” Pandor said.
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