SA signs diplomatic relations with Russia

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

A few days after signing diplomatic agreements with Bulgaria, South African Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha signed an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Andrei Kozyrev, to establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries. The move was criticised by the South African Communist Party (SACP).

How we know this

01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
02Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest for February, p. 38751.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA signs diplomatic relations with Russia. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013015

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