BARCELONA - President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a stark warning about the state of the world.
Speaking at the 'In Defence of Democracy' initiative in Spain, Ramaphosa said the world is in a time of aggression and destruction.
He called for renewed global unity, stronger cooperation, and a re-commitment to the rules-based order.
"The laws and norms that have long defined relations between nations are willfully violated. Institutions of global governance are being undermined or maliciously repurposed.
"The principles of solidarity, cooperation, and friendship are being challenged by the resurgence of narrow nationalism, prejudice, and intolerance."
Ramaphosa said the time for action is now, as the right wing and supremacists feel emboldened.
"This is a moment for action. This is a moment for mobilization. This is a moment for renewal. For most of us alive today, there has never been a more important moment than now for global progressive revival, a revival that is confident in its values, clear in the purpose of its beliefs, and united in its resolve.
"This moment of severe crisis is at the same time a moment of unique opportunity. It is an opportunity to galvanize, to bring together the forces of progressive change, to forge a new path of peace, democracy and social justice. This is the time that we must never waste. This is the time that we must embrace."
Ramaphosa met the President of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, in Barcelona to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.