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Pik Botha visits Soviet Union

Date
6 Nov 1991
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Pik Botha visits Soviet Union

South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, visits the Soviet Union, where he re-established consular relations which had been severed in 1956. Though the visit was unofficial Botha managed to meet his counterpart, Boris Pankin, and Eduard Shevardnadze, who replaced Pankin twelve days after the visit. Botha also announced the opening of a trade mission in St Petersburg. References: Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for November 1991, p. 38560

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Pik Botha visits Soviet Union. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012992

South African History Online (2011) 'Pik Botha visits Soviet Union', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012992 (Accessed: 21 August 2026).

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South African History Online. "Pik Botha visits Soviet Union." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012992.

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