MIN RONALD LAMOLA OPENING REMARKS DURING THE 16TH MINISTERIAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN SA AND EU

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, and Ms Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, co-chaired the 16th Ministerial Political Dialogue (MPD) between South Africa and the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, 19 February 2025, in Cape Town. Minister Lamola was joined by various South African Cabinet Ministers. South Africa and the EU enjoy a strategic relationship characterized by multi-dimensional bilateral cooperation, which is long-standing and mutually beneficial. Diplomatic relations between South Africa and the EU were formally established in December 1993, on the eve of the new democratic dispensation in South Africa.