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What Ramaphosa discussed with Donald Trump in phone call
Cape Times
|April 25, 2025
SOUTH Africa is to meet with the US “soon” to resolve bilateral differences over the status of the country, President Cyril Ramaphosa says.
Ramaphosa announced on social media platform X that he had a phone call with US President Donald Trump yesterday morning. Part of the conversation included the fostering of peace in Ukraine.
The President also mentioned the phone call during a media briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
“I spoke to US President Donald Trump to discuss the peace process in Ukraine. We both agreed that the war should be brought to an end as soon as possible to stop further unnecessary deaths.
“We both agreed to meet soon to address various matters regarding US-South Africa relations.
“We also spoke about the need to foster good relations between our two countries,” he said.
Since President Trump returned to the White House in January, the US and South Africa's bilateral ties have drastically deteriorated.
This story is from the April 25, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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