{"id":164009,"date":"2022-03-19T04:55:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=164009"},"modified":"2022-03-19T04:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T03:55:57","slug":"south-african-president-ramaphosa-blames-nato-for-russias-attack-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/19\/south-african-president-ramaphosa-blames-nato-for-russias-attack-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"South African President, Ramaphosa blames NATO for Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday blamed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO for the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/24\/russia-invades-ukraine-putin-announces-full-military-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia military operation invaded Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday February 24.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, Ramaphosa said he would resist calls to condemn Russia, in comments that cast doubt over whether he would be accepted by Ukraine or the West as a mediator.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would lead to greater, not less, instability in the region,&#8221; Ramaphosa said in response to questions in parliament.<\/p>\n<p>But he added that South Africa &#8220;cannot condone the use of force and violation of international law&#8221; &#8211; an apparent reference to Russia&#8217;s February 24 invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>President Vladimir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/19\/russian-president-putin-holds-huge-rally-in-moscow-to-celebrate-success-of-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Putin<\/a> has characterised Russia&#8217;s actions as a &#8220;special operation&#8221; to disarm and &#8220;denazify&#8221; Ukraine and counter what he calls NATO aggression.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv and its Western allies believe Russia launched the unprovoked war to subjugate a neighbour Putin calls an artificial state.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa also revealed that Putin had assured him personally that negotiations were making progress. The South African leader said he had not yet talked with Ukraine&#8217;s president Volodymyr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/19\/vigilante-allegedly-kills-22-year-old-man-in-delta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zelenskyy<\/a>, but that he wanted to.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Ramaphosa said South Africa had been asked to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He did not say who had asked him to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are those who are insisting that we should take a very adversarial stance against Russia. 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