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View all search resultsSouth Africa offers to mediate in Middle East conflict if asked
Late last week, Indonesia's foreign ministry said that President Prabowo Subianto was willing to travel to Tehran to carry out mediation if agreed by both parties.
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) shakes hands with President Prabowo Subianto (right) in Jakarta on Wednesday, after the two leaders issued a joint statement pledging to advocate for Global South interests at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. (Courtesy of/Presidential Media Team)
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outh Africa is always willing to play a mediating role in the Middle East conflict "if a gap opens," President Cyril Ramaphosa told local media on the sidelines of an energy conference in Cape Town.
"South Africa is always ready to play a contributing role, either in mediation or whatever. And if a gap opens or if we are asked, we always live up to our obligations," Ramaphosa said, according to comments broadcast on local broadcaster Newzroom Afrika.
"If the opportunity were to open, we would talk and say: there must be a ceasefire. Dialogue is always the best way of ending conflict and then ending the war. And we want this war to come to an end immediately," he said.
Ramaphosa added that the South African government was doing everything it could to bring home its citizens stranded in the region.
Late last week, Indonesia's foreign ministry said that President Prabowo Subianto was willing to travel to Tehran to carry out mediation if agreed by both parties.
The Iranian embassy in Jakarta welcomes "the readiness of the President of the Republic of Indonesia to mediate in this conflict", the mission said in a statement.
The embassy also "emphasized the importance of taking a firm stance by Indonesian officials in condemning the aggression and crimes of the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel".
Iranian state television confirmed the death of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he had been killed.
The confirmation came after the United States and Israel launched waves of air strikes Saturday against targets in Iran, prompting retaliation by the Islamic republic.
Trump said Sunday that Washington would hit Iran with "force that has never been seen before" if it retaliated against US and Israeli strikes.
