She says the deep and historic ties between south Africa and Russia should be the basis for strong economic relations growing bilateral trade.

Together with Russia’s Natural Resources Minister Dimitry Kobylkin, South Africa’s foreign minister Lindiwe Sisulu chaired the 15th session of the intergovernmental committee on trade and economic cooperation.

Sisulu had a bilateral meeting with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.

They discussed Palestine, democratic governance on the African continent, South Africa’s rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council and growing the economic partnership between the countries and increasing Russian investment in South Africa. 

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