Ramaphosa, Trump agree to meet to discuss SA-US ties

Conversation also touched on Ukraine.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said he spoke to US President Donald Trump about relations between the two countries and the war in Ukraine.

The two countries “agreed to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations,” Ramaphosa said in a brief statement on X.

Relations between South Africa and its second-biggest trading partner have endured a cascade of actions by the US president. Trump’s objections include Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and claims of land seizure at the expense of White farmers. South Africa hasn’t confiscated any land since the end of apartheid in 1994.

Ramaphosa also said he discussed Russia’s war on Ukraine with Trump. The discussions were announced as Ramaphosa hosted Ukrainian President Volodmyry Zelenskiy in Pretoria.

The South African and US leaders “both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths,” Ramaphosa said.

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