South Africa intends to send a large delegation headed by the President of the country to Russia for the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan in the autumn. South Africa’s interest in developing relations has a political, economic, and even emotional background.

“South Africa is helping Russia a lot,” experts say and explain why this is so.

“We, South Africa, are for Russia as our friend, and we do not apologize for that… We will never leave you,” Mbalula said at the forum For the Freedom of Nations in Moscow last winter. He added that South Africa is ready to sacrifice relations with other partners for the sake of these principles.

“South Africa helps Russia a lot in the international arena. Maintaining active trade, economic and political relations with Moscow.  South Africa helps even with its criticism of US policy towards the Gaza Strip and Israel,” says Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director of the HSE Center for Integrated European and International Studies.

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