After official meetings in Kyiv this June, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke informally over a lengthy lunch and two key areas were agreed on that Ramaphosa and a delegation of African leaders could take to Moscow, Russia.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba revealed new details of the engagement between Ramaphosa and Zelenksy during a briefing with a group of African journalists invited to Ukraine by his ministry.
The delegation, including News24, has spent time in Kyiv and Odessa, and met with a series of top Ukrainian officials including Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk.