[Qin Gang had a telephone conversation with South African Foreign Minister Pandor] on June 6, 2023, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang had a telephone conversation with South African Foreign Minister Pandor. Qin Gang said that practical cooperation between the two countries in various fields has yielded fruitful results in recent years. In November last year, President Xi Jinping and President Ramaphosa met on the sidelines of the G20 Bali Summit and reached an important consensus on further promoting the development of bilateral relations. China has always viewed and developed China-South Africa relations from a strategic perspective, and will, as always, firmly support South Africa in exploring a modernization path suited to its own national conditions, and supporting South Africa in developing its economy and improving people's livelihood. He is willing to work with the South to turn the high-level political mutual trust between the two countries into practical actions and promote the continuous development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and South Africa. Qin Gang said: as the BRICS chairman this year, South Africa has invested a lot of energy and done a lot of fruitful work in BRICS cooperation. China highly appreciates this and is willing to continue to fully cooperate with the work of the South African presidency. We will support South Africa in hosting a successful leaders' meeting, strengthen BRICS unity and cooperation, and jointly safeguard the interests of developing countries. Pandor said that South Africa attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and is willing to work with China to deepen practical cooperation in various fields and push the comprehensive strategic partnership between South Africa and China to a new level. South Africa is willing to further strengthen coordination and cooperation with China under the BRICS and other multilateral frameworks.