Share

Ramaphosa and Zelensky hammered out first peace topics to take to Moscow over 'lengthy lunch'

accreditation
Share your Subscriber Article
You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend!
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
loading...
Loading, please wait...
0:00
play article
Subscribers can listen to this article
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (L) shakes hands with the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (R) during their meeting in New York.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (L) shakes hands with the President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (R) during their meeting in New York.
AFP / Ukrainian presidential press service

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.

Read this for free
South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
Try our free 14-day trial
Already a subscriber? Sign in
heading
description
username
Show Comments ()
Voting Booth
Should the Proteas pick Faf du Plessis for the T20 World Cup in West Indies and the United States in June?
Please select an option Oops! Something went wrong, please try again later.
Results
Yes! Faf still has a lot to give ...
68% - 1989 votes
No! It's time to move on ...
32% - 951 votes
Vote
Rand - Dollar
18.58
+0.2%
Rand - Pound
23.27
+0.2%
Rand - Euro
19.90
+0.3%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.15
-0.0%
Rand - Yen
0.12
+1.0%
Platinum
961.80
-0.0%
Palladium
954.50
-0.1%
Gold
2,305.18
-0.6%
Silver
26.42
-0.8%
Brent Crude
83.44
-3.5%
Top 40
70,356
+0.6%
All Share
76,496
+0.6%
Resource 10
60,603
-1.1%
Industrial 25
106,007
+0.9%
Financial 15
16,817
+1.4%
All JSE data delayed by at least 15 minutes Iress logo
Editorial feedback and complaints

Contact the public editor with feedback for our journalists, complaints, queries or suggestions about articles on News24.

LEARN MORE