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❗️ ❗️ ❗️Russia and South Africa are “very, very good friends” and this will remain after recent elections in the rainbow nation, SA Foreign Minister says The two countries work closely together in many areas, including water sciences, pharmaceuticals, medical sciences, and space exploration, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation told Sputnik Africa. “Russian businesses have also invested in South Africa, in the fuel sector, in energy, in minerals, and play a very critical role in helping to create jobs for South Africans and to grow our economy. So, we have a very positive relationship and we're happy about that,” Naledi Pandor said. She assured that the bilateral relations won’t change after elections in SA that were held two weeks ago where the ruling African National Congress (ANC) got the largest number of votes but didn’t get the majority, though, and thus needs to form a coalition. “We’re not negotiating as a junior partner, but we're also not being arrogant in the negotiations. But we're very clear on our foreign policy. You can't have a South Africa that would be negative or hostile about Russia. Russia played a very important role in the freedom struggle, supporting the liberation movements. There's no way that with a government led by the ANC that we would have some negative attitude in foreign policy toward Russia,” Pandor stated. Subscribe to @sputnik_africa 🔸TikTok | Sputnik Africa🔸