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Ramaphosa to meet Putin today as part of peace mission

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa had travelled to Poland, en route to Ukraine and the Russian Federation as part of his participation in the African Peace Mission aimed at a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. He visited the Polish capital to pay a courtesy call on President Andrzej Duda. Poland shares borders with Ukraine and Russia

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa had travelled to Poland, en route to Ukraine and the Russian Federation as part of his participation in the African Peace Mission aimed at a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. He visited the Polish capital to pay a courtesy call on President Andrzej Duda. Poland shares borders with Ukraine and Russia.

President Ramaphosa will then proceed to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for deliberations with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The mission is set to comprise the leaders of South Africa, Zambia, Senegal, and the Comoros. Congo Brazzaville and Egypt’s leaders had sent representatives to join the peace mission. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni who recently got sick with covid-19 is also set to miss the meeting in Kiev and Moscow.

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President Ramaphosa left for Kyiv en route to St Petersburg, Russia, where the African delegation will engage with President Putin on Saturday, 17 June. President Ramaphosa is scheduled to return to South Africa on Sunday, 18 June.