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.
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