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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has said that Russia continues to pose a threat to Europe's security and that its Iskander missiles stationed in Kaliningrad could reach the German capital within minutes.
Source: European Pravda, citing German newspaper Die Welt
Details: Differing views on Russia remain a major point of tension in relations between Germany and South Africa, which Wadephul is currently visiting. Now that Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has entered its fifth year, South Africa has still not condemned the invasion. As a founding member of BRICS, the country has long maintained close ties with Moscow and Beijing.
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