(5 Nov 2024)
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Cape Town, South Africa – 05 November 2024
1. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola arriving to sign bilateral agreements
2. Various of Lammy and Lamola signing agreements
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary:
"It was with regret that we suspended arms sales that can be used in Gaza on the basis of our very robust export licensing regime and my judgment that there was a clear risk that there could be a breach of international humanitarian law."
4. Media
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary:
"In the course of our discussions, I did raise my concerns that the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) have sent troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine. And that is a matter of huge concern to us, not just in the U.K. but in Europe."
6. U.K. officials
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, U.K. Foreign Secretary:
"The U.K. has had a longstanding position that Africa must be represented on the U.N. Security Council and I’m keen to better understand if the recent position is supported by other members of the Security Council, particularly Russia and China, that have been a block on the U.N. Security Council’s expansion in the past, which has not been the U.K. position. We have been supported now for many, many years."
8. Mid of officials
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ronald Lamola, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation:
"With regards to Russia, indeed, there was also a discussion and we continued to give them a feedback. Also on our engagements with Mr. (Andrii) Sybiha when he was here, the foreign minister from the Ukraine, that there was an agreement that they will now invite Russia to the next platform of the peace formula. Of course, we don’t know yet what will be the response of Moscow to that."
10. Pan left of meeting
11. Lamola gifting Lammy with football jersey
STORYLINE:
U.K. foreign minister David Lammy met on Tuesday with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola in Cape Town for bilateral talks focusing on strengthening relations between their countries.
Lammy expressed "huge concern" at the deployment of North Korean troops to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
He also reiterated that the U.K. wished to see greater African representation on the U.N. Security Council.
"The U.K. has had a longstanding position that Africa must be represented on the U.N. Security Council and I’m keen to better understand if the recent position is supported by other members of the Security Council, particularly Russia and China, that have been a block on the U.N. Security Council’s expansion in the past, which has not been the U.K. position," he said.
Lammy’s visit to South Africa is part of his first official trip to Africa since taking office in July.
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