“We have always believed in negotiated and peaceful resolutions, so we cannot be comfortable about the bombing of children,” says minister in the presidency Mondli Gungubele.
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“This is a conflict underlined by complex factors. Russia would have had their reasons and the West have their views, but at the end of the day it results in people fighting and dying. How you enter that, you must answer the question, how am I improving the situation?” SA has justified its decision by saying the resolution “does not create an environment conducive for diplomacy, dialogue and mediation”.
The government was helping SA citizens to leave Ukraine and a number of them have since returned home, he said.
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