PRETORIA - It is unacceptable that some countries side with Russia over the Ukraine war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday at a news conference in Pretoria.
"There are some countries that have voted on the side of Russia. That I cannot accept and it is unacceptable," Scholz told a joint news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria.
South Africa abstained in March from a U.N. resolution condemning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
It is still important to discuss the effects of the Ukraine war to ensure it will end, Scholz said.