President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, to help force the leader of the aggressor country, russia, volodymyr putin, to a ceasefire, as well as to return Ukrainian children from the russian federation. Zelenskyy said this during a joint press conference with Ramophosa, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
"Today, we talked with the President about how important it is that global efforts are now united and that pressure is needed on russia to end the war. Pressure for the sake of peace. We also talked about opportunities at the G20 level, South Africa currently chairs the G20, and the role of the G20 countries can be much greater in protecting life, and we are very much counting on this... We very much believe that the President of South Africa, other partners in Africa will help stop russia and force putin to support a regime of a complete unconditional ceasefire," Zelenskyy said.
He also said that he had given Ramaphosa a list of 400 Ukrainian children who are in russia against their will.
"South Africa is a co-leader in the global coalition for the return of Ukrainian children. I really hope that President Ramophosa will help us return them," Zelenskyy said.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Zelenskyy decided to cut short his visit to South Africa and return to Ukraine due to russia's massive attack on the night of April 24.
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