The words of our president — “The territorial integrity of the [Democratic Republic of Congo] must be respected in accordance with the UN charter on the respect of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of other states” — must have set off alarm bells in the Kremlin.
Perhaps not. Cyril Ramaphosa’s principles are clearly eminently flexible and for sale — territorial integrity does not seem to apply to all states, such as Ukraine or Israel.
Friedrich J Mueller
Parys
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