to get her british citizenship back. we begin in moscow, where china s top diplomat, wang yi, has met president putin, and reaffirmed their close relationship. the trip to russia by wang yi comes just days before the first anniversary of moscow s invasion of ukraine. here s the meeting between the two. during their talks, mr putin said relations between his country and china were reaching new milestones . he also called on the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier, wang yi also met his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, where he said the relationship between the two countries could not be influenced by other nations. let s hear some of what wang yi had to say: translation: i look forward to reaching new agreements. our consultations on strategic security are highly effective between our two countries. they play an important role in strengthening trust and cooperation in a shifting international situation. much is being made of the seating arrangements for president
here s chinese political commentator einar tangen. china is definitely aiming to be the voice of the global south and central asia. this is the countries that have been ignored for very long, the ones that have been bullied, the ones who suffered on their colonial hegemony. so at this juncture, china is making it very clear that they see a path for multilateralism. let s take a closer look at these exercises happening off the south african coast. 350 members of south africa s armed forces are taking part. russia has sent its admiral gorshkov warship which carries hypersonic zircon missiles. but not everyone is supportive these were the protesters in south african city of durban ahead of the drills last week. the countries haven t given specifics about what the exercises will involve. i m joined now by drjakkie cilliers in pretoria. dr cilliers is the founder of the institute for security studies and the head of its african futures and innovation programme.
to work in regards to crime and corruption, and also to provide them the necessary resources. so i do believe that i can contribute to the development or to the continuous development of our constitutional democracy. ronald lamola, justice minister in south africa, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk from pretoria. thank you. hello. our very unsettled spell of november weather is set to continue for some of us, particularly towards the north and east.
could bring the state to the point of collapse. my guest is the south africanjustice minister, ronald lamola, seen as one of the rising stars of the anc s younger generation. how does he account for the government s failure to address the myriad challenges it faces? justice minister ronald lamola in pretoria, welcome to hardtalk. unemployment of at least 35%, nearly two thirds,,,,, w, ,, , , ,, h for young people.
so i do believe that i can contribute to the development or to the continuous development of our constitutional democracy. ronald lamola, justice minister in south africa, thank you very much indeed for coming on hardtalk from pretoria. thank you. hello. our very unsettled spell of november weather is set to continue for some of us, particularly towards the north and east. there s some fairly heavy rain