{"id":40465,"date":"2026-07-24T07:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T05:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40465"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:50:03","slug":"sa-germany-holds-bilateral-talks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-germany-holds-bilateral-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"SA, Germany hold bilateral talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_divRplyFwdMsg\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Ronald Lamola, on Thursday hosted the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Johann Wadephul, during his two-day working visit to SA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_aboveBlackLine\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Lamola and Wadephul held official talks to review progress in the implementation of the Action Plan, with discussions focusing on enhancing high-level political dialogue, strengthening cooperation on democratic resilience, and advancing the Investing for Peace Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>SA and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations while acknowledging differences over the conflict in the Middle East following official talks, Lamola hosted his Germany counter-part Wadephul, where the two reviewed progress on their bilateral Action Plan and discussed global and regional issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Addressing the media afterwards, Lamola reiterated SA&#8217;s call for an immediate improvement in the humanitarian situation in Gaza, unimpeded humanitarian access, and a credible political process towards a two-state solution, while noting that Pretoria and Berlin continue to engage openly despite differing positions on the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Middle East reaffirms SA&#8217;s consistent and principled position. We remain gravely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We call for the full implementation of unimpeded humanitarian access and for a credible political process leading to a two-state solution with a viable Palestinian state existing alongside Israel. Our approach is grounded in the international law and in the Charter of the United Nations. SA and Germany do not view every aspect of this question in the same way, but it is precisely the strength of our partnership that we are able to discuss our differences openly and in good faith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lamola also welcomed the frank discussions on Iran, saying SA believes a lasting resolution to the conflict must be grounded in international law and equal application of nuclear non-proliferation principles across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":39834,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40465","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Lamola hosted Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40465","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40473,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40465\/revisions\/40473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}