SA diplomats say they are confident that efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Ukraine, and to align SA’s view with that of Western democracies, are moving in the right direction.

That is despite an apparent misunderstanding with the US, which sparked speculation that SA had abandoned its neutral stance to take a harder line against Russia’s invasion of its neighbour, which has killed thousands and forced more than 5-million people from their homes...

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