12:41 p.m .: The president of the African Union asks a ceasefire to Putin
Senegalese head of state Macky Sall, current chairman of the African Union, met on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “seek a lasting ceasefire” in Ukraine, he said. in a tweet. “I salute his attentiveness and his availability to maintain the dialogue for a negotiated solution to the conflict”, he continued.
On February 28, the African Union, which is calling for negotiations under the aegis of the UN, was moved in another statement by reports that African nationals fleeing the fighting were prevented from crossing the border, and judged that such refusals “would be shocking and racist, and would violate international law”. Since then, Senegal, which has strong relations with Western countries, surprised the international community on March 2 by abstaining from a vote by the UN General Assembly in favor of a resolution which “demands that the Russia immediately ceases to use force against Ukraine”.