'Putin has miscalculated the mood on this continent,' one South African expert on government relations tells CBS News.
Speaking at the summit on Thursday, Putin said Russia was ready to supply six African countries with between 25,000 and 50,000 tons of grain free of charge.Putin again accused Western countries of"obstructing" the supply of Russian grain and fertilizers — repeating his government's longstanding complaint that the U.S.
Gumede dismissed Putin's remarks as a"cynical announcement" and told CBS News it was,"at best… only made to stem rising criticism of Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal by African leaders." Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa led an"Africa Peace Mission" of leaders from the continent to the capitals of both Ukraine and Russia in a bid to find common ground and a political solution to the war.
"He simply failed to understand how significant it was that African leaders had engaged him in this way," the professor said, noting that,"leading a peace mission to Europe was something they [African leaders] hadn't done since the end of colonialism." Instead, Putin bombed Ukraine during the African leaders' meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
From left to right, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Senegalese President Macky Sall, African Union chairperson Azali Assoumani, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema attend a joint press conference on June 16, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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