🇷🇺🇿🇦The delegation from the Parliament of South Africa, led by the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, held a bilateral meeting with the Russian parliamentary delegation, led by Valentina Matvienko, as part of the official parliamentary working visit to the Russian Federation. The bilateral meeting focused on deepening cooperation between the Parliament of South Africa and the Federation Council under the 2014 Memorandum of Cooperation, strengthening parliamentary diplomacy, expanding cooperation between South African provinces and Russian regions, and enhancing collaboration in areas of mutual interest, including agriculture, education, science and technology, youth development, women's empowerment, economic cooperation, and people-to-people exchanges.