President Ramaphosa to participate in African Peace Initiative Mission to Ukraine and the Russian Federation
15 June 2023 - 5:30pm
President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, Thursday 15 June 2023, travelled to Poland, en route to Ukraine and the Russian Federation as part of his participation in the African Peace Mission aimed at a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
President Ramaphosa has over the past two days participated in the International Labour Organisation’s World of Work Summit in Geneva, Switzerland.
This afternoon the President visited the Polish capital, Warsaw, to pay a courtesy call on President Andrzej Duda, who leads a country that shares borders with Ukraine and Russia and is deeply affected by the regional conflict.
President Ramaphosa is now proceeding to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for deliberations tomorrow – as a member of the African Peace Mission - with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.