{"id":217507,"date":"2022-02-24T09:15:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-speaks-on-developments-at-russia-ukraine-border\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T09:15:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:15:37","slug":"sa-speaks-on-developments-at-russia-ukraine-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-speaks-on-developments-at-russia-ukraine-border\/","title":{"rendered":"SA speaks on developments at Russia, Ukraine border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202202\/naledipandorsideprofile.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The South African government has expressed concern about the ongoing tensions at the Ukraine and Russia border, as the situation &#8211; if allowed to further deteriorate &#8211; could have regional and global ramifications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll parties have much to gain from a negotiated outcome and much to lose from an unnecessary and violent conflict,\u201d the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has urged all parties to devote increased efforts to diplomacy and to find a solution that will help de-escalate tensions and avert armed conflict.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa further called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to play a central role in the search for peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UNSC is the body given the mandate for maintenance of international peace and security, and it must exercise its role fully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs South Africa, we believe all the issues of concern to any of the parties must be addressed in inclusive talks led by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Security Council,\u201d Pandor said.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of International Relations and Cooperation&nbsp;said the world does not need another war, as &#8220;that will result in death and destruction,&#8221;&nbsp; hence the call for enhanced diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, news reports are that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a \u201cmilitary operation\u201d in the Ukraine in a televised statement on Thursday. &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African government has expressed concern about the ongoing tensions at the Ukraine and Russia border, as the situation &#8211; if allowed to further deteriorate &#8211; could have regional and global ramifications.&nbsp; \u201cAll parties have much to gain from a negotiated outcome and much to lose from an unnecessary and violent conflict,\u201d the Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":217508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-217507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sa-speaks-on-developments-at-russia-ukraine-border.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}