{"id":39737,"date":"2026-07-16T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39737"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:30:46","slug":"sa-russia-moves-to-deepen-ties","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-russia-moves-to-deepen-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Russia moves to deepen ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa (SA) and Russia are moving to strengthen parliamentary ties, with a high-level parliamentary delegation in Moscow holding talks aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The visit also saw delegates lay wreaths at the Tomb of the unknown soldier, honouring those who died defending Russia during World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SA and Russia have vowed to strengthen ties and deepen cooperation, with leaders from both countries describing the current period as an important opportunity to elevate relations to a new level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">During the talks in Moscow, the Head of SA&#8217;s National Council of Provinces said relations between the two countries are rooted in history and that Pretoria is keen to attract more Russian investment and expand mutually beneficial co-operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The discussions focused on strengthening parliamentary diplomacy, including greater engagement between parliamentary committees, young lawmakers and cooperation groups established between the two legislatures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Regional co-operation also featured prominently, with both sides highlighting growing exchanges between SA provinces and Russian regions and pledging continued support for delegation visits and people to people engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The visit forms part of broader efforts to translate longstanding diplomatic ties into deeper political, economic and parliamentary co-operation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31733,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-39737","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SA and Russia are moving to strengthen parliamentary ties","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39738,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39737\/revisions\/39738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}