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The Associated Press
Mogomotsi Magome
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to mark the country's Women's Day holiday Afterwards, we will continue our tri-country tour of Africa with a flight to Congo.
Brinken met with Ramaphosa on Tuesday morning and had a brief meeting with South Africa's Minister of International Relations, Naledi Pandor.
The cordial talks did not mask differences between the United States and South Africa over Russia's war in Ukraine. South Africa remained neutral on the war and refused to criticize Russia for its aggression against Ukraine or its actions in the conflict. It was the day women of all races marched into the capital, Pretoria, to protest against apartheid, a system of state that oppressed the majority of black people, and it didn't end until it ended. 1994.
Brinken attended a South African Medical Research Council event in Pretoria.
The top US diplomat then took off for Congo, the next stop on a three-country tour of Africa.
