Andrii Sybiha held a meeting with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Ronald Lamola

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha commented on his meeting with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Ronald Lamola: "As part of President Zelenskyy's historic visit to South Africa, I had a separate bilateral meeting with my counterpart, Ronald Lamola. We continued our excellent dialogue.

I informed Minister Lamola about the peace efforts, including the most recent meetings in Paris and London, and Ukraine’s steps toward peace. We want to end this war this year. And we are working with partners to achieve it. 

We discussed in detail how to advance Ukraine and South Africa's mutually beneficial bilateral partnership, and we are eager to expand cooperation in all areas, including food security, agricultural technology, education, and digitalization. 

We value South Africa’s G20 presidency and support its priorities of greater equity in global governance and increasing the prominence of Africa’s development agenda. 

President Zelenskyy's visit, although cut short because of the massive Russian air attack against Ukraine, is a milestone in our bilateral relations. This marks the first official visit of the President to an African nation. The visit shows the great value that we place in our relations.  

We are working to translate the diplomatic activity into success stories for both countries."