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PRETORIA said on Thursday it was ‘deeply’ concerned about the ongoing tensions at the Ukraine and Russian border, a situation if allowed to further deteriorate, could have regional and global ramifications.
This comes after Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday morning, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee.
“South Africa urges all parties to devote increased efforts to diplomacy and to find a solution that will help de-escalate tensions and avert armed conflict,” Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson Clayson Monyela said in a statement on Thursday.
Commenting on the situation, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, said: “All parties have much to gain from a negotiated outcome and much to lose from unnecessary and violent conflict.”
Pandor said South Africa further was calling on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
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