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South Africa Calls for Multilateral Approach to Ukraine Settlement, Minister Says

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - South Africa advocates a multilateral system for the peaceful and considered settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Wednesday.
"With a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, South Africa's position [is one] of demanding a respect of the multilateral system, non-alignment and advocating for a peaceful and negotiated solution of the conflict," Ntshavheni said during a plenary session of the International Security Meeting in Moscow.
On May 16, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, on behalf of African countries, and presented them with a peace initiative from Zambia, Senegal, the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa. Ramaphosa said that both presidents agreed to receive a mission of leaders of African nations with their peace initiatives on the conflict.
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