🌍✌️SA will maintain a non-aligned foreign policy amidst the RussiaUkraineWar and will continue to advocate for inclusive multilateral world order and peaceful conflict resolution - Ramaphosa UNCharter BRICS TheCitizenNews Catch up here⬇️
With the outbreak of Russia-Ukraine conflict, however, there has been extraordinary pressure on the country to abandon its non-aligned position and take sides in what is in effect a contest between Russia and the West. Other countries on the African continent and elsewhere have been put under similar pressure.
This explains South Africa’s membership of the Non-Aligned Movement, a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. South Africa has also used its membership of other international forums like the G20 and BRICS group to advance the views and interests of countries in Africa and the rest of the Global South.
It needs to support meaningful dialogue towards a lasting peace, which ensures the security and stability of all nations. We do not accept that our non-aligned position favours Russia above other countries. Nor do we accept that it should imperil our relations with other countries. South Africa is a sovereign state, governed by a democratic Constitution and committed to the consistent application of international law. We will continue to fulfil our obligations in terms of the various international agreements and treaties to which we are signatories.
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