President Cyril Ramaphosa and Russian president Vladimir Putin have “touched on” preparations for next month’s Russian-Africa summit and the Brics leadership summit set for Johannesburg in August, during a phone call.
This was according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia late on Wednesday night.
The statement comes as South Africa grapples with having Putin attend the August leadership summit, despite the International Criminal Court in March having issued a warrant for his arrest. The ICC alleges that Putin is responsible for the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia – a war crime – since 24 February 2022, the day Russia invaded Ukraine.
On Monday during a press briefing in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said the African leaders would engage with Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy about “the elements for a ceasefire and a lasting peace in the region”.
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