Vladimir Putin talked to the President of South Africa. They raised the topic of peace in Ukraine

The telephone conversation took place at Putin's request, who informed Ramphos about the peace process with Ukraine and “involved in the issues of mutual interest,” explained Magwenya in a statement. It was most likely about the issue of trade.

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Donald Trump threatens the duties

Last week, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose duties on Russia's trading partners in the absence of progress in resolving the conflict in Ukraine. One of these partners is South Africa, which together with Russia, Brazil, India and China belongs to the BRICS economic block.

The day before, Ramaphosa called the US President Donald Trump to convince him to lower 30 % duties applied to products exported by South Africa to the United States.