{"id":52151,"date":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=e1b2f06f545caed95b09d0aa6165fb60"},"modified":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","slug":"president-ramaphosa-discusses-upcoming-engagements-with-president-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/president-ramaphosa-discusses-upcoming-engagements-with-president-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ramaphosa discusses upcoming engagements with President Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa has via a telephone conversation briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the upcoming African Leaders Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two leaders also discussed the Russia-Africa Summit that is scheduled to take place at the end of July in St. Petersburg in the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Putin has welcomed the initiative by African Heads of State and expressed his desire to receive the peace mission,\u201d the Presidency said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The telephone conversation with President Putin followed a discussion that took place on Monday, amongst the African leaders.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The leaders discussed their forthcoming engagements with Presidents Putin and Zelensky regarding exploring ways of bringing an end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Presidents involved in the African Peace Initiative include the President of the Comoros Islands and current President of the African Union, Othman Ghazali; President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; President of Senegal, Macky Sall; President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema. \u2013 SAnews.gov.za<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa has via a telephone conversation briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the upcoming African Leaders Peace Mission to Ukraine and Russia.\u201cThe two leaders also discussed the Russia-Africa Summit that is scheduled to take p…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n