South Africa is committed to using the United Nations Security Council seat to broker peace across the world, including the Middle East. This is according to International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu.
On her visit to the Grace Bible Church in Soweto, Sisulu said the country would apply the AU mandate to mediate peace amongst warring nations. The historic summit between US President Donald Trump and his North Korea Republic counterpart, Kim Jong-Un is still reverberating.
It has brought some relief to the diplomatic world. Minister Sisulu says she wishes to see other countries being included in similar pacts to stop the threats of nuclear weapons. “It’s a good sign for us that we are now beginning to tackle countries that amassing nuclear weapons. We were concerned about it. We’re hoping that something can be done equal in the same way as it is done to North Korea to other countries such as Iran.”
Sisulu says South Africa is ready to resume its role as a peace broker. After winning the UN Security Council seat last week, the country is now ready to strive for world peace; including the Middle East between Israel and Palestine.
“This is what we stood for at the UN Security Council. Here we are, we want to honour Madiba by ensuring that there is peace across the world. The AU has taken a decision which is almost binding and a resolution to all of us to extend that is possible to silence all the guns by 2020 and we would like to see that happening in our life time.”
Meanwhile, the German Ambassador to South Africa says Berlin will cooperate with Pretoria at the UN Security Council to push for world peace. In Soweto, Sisulu was joined by the Chinese Ambassador who offered sixty scholarships to the South African youth to study for their Masters Degrees in his homeland.
The number of bursaries may be expanded. “We are ready to fight together for the youth, for the future of the country. If we are united and committed everything could be possible,” says Chinese Ambassador Lin Songtian.
Grace Bible Church’s Bishop Musa Sono says: “The good thing is that they are not actually fancy about which qualification they want and I think it’s a great opportunity and I believe our young will take that up.”
South Africa and China are both hoping for a resolution in the Korean Peninsula.
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