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Ramaphosa did not indicate when the meeting with Trump was likely to take place. Relations between South Africa and the U.S. have deteriorated since Trump took office earlier this year.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will “meet soon” with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss relations between the two countries. Ramaphosa said he had spoken to Trump and the two leaders had also agreed to discuss the peace process in Ukraine and the end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Ramaphosa did not indicate when the meeting with Trump was likely to take place. Relations between South Africa and the U.S. have deteriorated since Trump took office earlier this year.
Trump has criticized South Africa’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza, which has seen the country take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and accuse it of committing genocide in Gaza. The court in a preliminary ruling said that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a plausible genocide.
Trump has also signed an executive order stopping all financial aid to South Africa and has also slapped South Africa with 37% trade tariffs on its exports to the U.S., which he subsequently paused for 90 days.
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Last month, the U.S. expelled Ebrahim Rasool, the South African ambassador to the U.S., over his criticism of Trump, who has hinted that he may not attend the G20 summit of world leaders scheduled to take place in Johannesburg in November.
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