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S.Africa president backs Ukraine truce push at Zelensky meeting

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a joint press conference with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 24, 2024. [AFP]

President Cyril Ramaphosa praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his first visit to South Africa on Thursday for agreeing to an unconditional ceasefire in the war with Russia so that peace talks could begin.

Ramaphosa threw South Africa's weight behind the push for an end to the more than three-year war, holding talks with Zelensky hours after agreeing in a call with US President Donald Trump that the conflict should be ended urgently.

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