“I am glad today to pass my counterpart an official note that would formalize an intergovernmental agreement on the opening of a Russian trade mission in Johannesburg as part of Russia’s embassy to South Africa,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists.
South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the mission opening would contribute to a further strengthening of bilateral economic ties.

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