The United States has called on South Africa to desist from sitting on the fence and name the aggressor in the war in Ukraine.

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4 March 2022

The embassy’s call for South Africa to take a stronger stance comes as high-level engagements between US President Joe Biden and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mary Catherine Fee continue with President Cyril Ramaphosa and International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor. Addressing the media from Pretoria, US Embassy chargé d’affaires Todd Haskell said the US is rigorously engaging South Africa to sway it into taking a tougher stance against Russia.

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