Pandor kicks off a (very quiet) diplomatic storm with Hamas call
Diplomats from Western and several Middle East countries in SA were aghast on Tuesday after the Department of International Relations and Cooperation confirmed Minister Naledi Pandor's conversation with Hamas, to express what she said was only humanitarian support.
One high-ranking official questioned whether a statement by Hamas about the call could be Russian misinformation, designed to drive a wedge between South Africa and Russia. Others initially agreed with Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, who told News24 that such a call was a diplomatic impossibility, as South Africa had no relationship with Hamas.
Pandor's eventual confirmation that she had spoken with Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyeh left diplomats from other countries scrambling to answer questions from their home countries, including why they were learning of the conversation from a Hamas statement rather than from South Africa - at a very sensitive time.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future.
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