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The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Ronald Lamola, hosts the First Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting under South Africa’s G20 Presidency theme of Solidarity. Equality Sustainability, at the Nasrec EXPO Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, on 20 and 21 February 2025.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola; and the European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Ms Kaja Kallas, co-chair the 16th Ministerial Political Dialogue (MPD) between South Africa and the European Union (EU), in Cape Town, South Africa, 19 February 2025.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

Media Briefing bySouth Africa’s G20 Sous Sherpas, Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo and Advocate Nokukhanya Jele about the First G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to be held during South Africa’s Presidency of the G20, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 February 2025.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

1261st Meeting of the Peace and Security Council at the level of Heads of State and Government, on the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, 14 February 2025.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Minister Ronald Lamola, leads the South African delegation to the 46th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU), in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 12 to 13 February 2025.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

Deputy President Paul Mashatile attends and delivers Congratulatory Remarks at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (DIRCO) annual Ubuntu Awards, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), in Cape Town, South Africa, 8 February 2025.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

Remarks by Deputy Minister Alvin Botes, at the High-Level Summit of Foreign Ministers convened by Progressive International, “A United Foreign Policy Response to Israel’s Violations of International Law”, The Hague, Kingdom of the Netherlands, 31 January 2025.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, participates in the Oxford Union Debate, Oxford Society, Oxford University Union, in Oxford, United Kingdom, 27 January 2025.
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The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, meets with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophone Affairs of Equatorial Guinea, Mr Simeón Oyono Esono Angue, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, 17 January 2025.
Picture byline: Jacoline Schoonees/DIRCO

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, leads the South African Government delegation during the C5 Ministerial Visit, to Juba, Republic of South Sudan 16 to 17 January 2025.
Picture byline: Katlholo Maifadi/DIRCO

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