{"id":29006,"date":"2023-06-18T11:09:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/african-leaders-told-zelensky-necessary-to-end-conflict-promptly"},"modified":"2023-06-18T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:56:30","slug":"african-leaders-told-zelensky-necessary-to-end-conflict-promptly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/african-leaders-told-zelensky-necessary-to-end-conflict-promptly","title":{"rendered":"African Leaders Told Zelensky Necessary to End Conflict Promptly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>African leaders told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that it is necessary to end the ongoing conflict as soon as possible, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday in Kiev.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even when the conflict becomes the most intense, that is when peace should be made,&#8221; Ramaphosa told a press conference, adding that it is better to end the conflict before everything is lost.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa added that African countries were ready to continue working on resolving the Ukrainian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We, as the African countries, are prepared to participate in further engagement,&#8221; Ramaphosa stated.<\/p>\n<p>The president called Africa&#8217;s initiative &#8220;the historic mission in a quest for peace,&#8221; adding that one of the key elements is to listen to the positions of Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has rejected the possibility of talks with Russia until it withdraws all troops, stating that any negotiations would only freeze the conflict.In November 2022, Zelensky said in a video message to the G20 summit that Kiev did not want to sign a peace agreement that would be against its interests and which Moscow would allegedly &#8220;violate immediately after the signing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Zelensky&#8217;s statement, said that his words &#8220;absolutely confirm&#8221; Kiev&#8217;s unwillingness to negotiate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. African leaders told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that it is necessary to end the ongoing conflict as soon as possible, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday in Kiev. &#8220;Even when the conflict becomes the most intense, that is when peace should be made,&#8221; Ramaphosa told a press conference, adding that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-29006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Leaders Told Zelensky Necessary to End Conflict Promptly - 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