Russia - South Africa Relations (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Russia - South Africa relations (Russian: - ) are foreign relations between Russia and South Africa. Full diplomatic relations were established between both countries on February 28th, 1992. Russian has an embassy in Pretoria and a consulate-general in Cape Town. South Africa has an embassy in Moscow. On December 27, 1991, the Russian Federation assumed the seat formerly held by the Soviet Union in the UN Security Council. Russia also is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Union of Russia and Belarus, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC). It signed the NATO Partnership for Peace initiative on June 22, 1994. On May 27, 1997, NATO and Russia signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act, which the parties hoped would provide the basis for an enduring and robust partnership between the Alliance and Russia-one that could make an important contribution to European security architecture in the 21st century, though already at the time of its signing doubts were cast on whether this accord could deliver on these ambitious goals.