Bilateral Talks between International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Sergey Lavrov are currently underway in Pretoria. Lavrov and Pandor last met on the side-lines of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly. The two countries then reaffirmed mutual interest in the deepening of political dialogue and further development of relations of strategic partnership. But how important is his visit to South Africa, given Western countries attempts to isolate Moscow? For more on this, we are joined by….. 

GUEST: Sophie Mokoena, SABC’s Foreign Editor