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EU - South Africa Summit Declaration

BRUSSELS, 13 March 2025 / PRN Africa / -- 1. We, the Leaders of South Africa and the European Union, met today to re-affirm our unwavering support for our Strategic Partnership based on shared values of democracy, human rights, equality and sovereignty.

2. Our meeting took place against the backdrop of rising geopolitical and geo-economic competition and instability, heightened conflict, deepening inequality, increasing global economic uncertainty, and fragmentation, as well as climate emergency. In the face of this challenging political and socio-economic environment, we underscored our belief in multilateral cooperation to collectively address shared challenges. We affirmed our unwavering commitment to act in accordance with international law, including the Charter of the United Nations and its Purposes and Principles, including the principle of a peaceful settlements of disputes. We further reaffirmed that all states must act in a manner consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter in its entirety, which includes the prohibition of the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state.

3. We agreed that, guided by these principles, we support a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in Ukraine, the Occupied Palestinian territories, Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and other major wars and conflicts around the globe.

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