President Donald Trump said he hoped to receive a “explanation” from South Africa president about his country’s approach to racial equality laws, which Trump claimed to equivalent to white “genocide”.
The topic should overshadow conversations on Wednesday (21) in the Oval Hall with President Cyril Ramaphosa, who vehemently denied Trump’s allegations that South African white farmers are being chased.
“We have a lot of people very concerned about South Africa, and that’s really the purpose of the meeting, and we’ll see how it will end. But we have a lot of people who feel persecuted,” Trump said, explaining why he has allowed dozens of white Africanks to enter the US like refugees last week.
Trump said he would allow refugees to enter “if we feel that there is persecution or genocide happening.”
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he wants to “restart” the relationship between his country and the United States.
He added that he would like to promote trade with the US. “You are a much larger economy than ours. We are just a tiny economy, but we depend on each other in a series of issues,” said Ramaphosa.
“We have essential minerals that you want to boost the growth of your own economy and reindustrialize, so we have it on offer, including rare land minerals,” he added.
Affected ties
Relations between South Africa and the US recently soured after Trump accelerated refugee status to 59 white South Africans, claiming that South Africa is chasing its white minority.
South Africa, which has resisted strongly for persecution allegations, in turn fears losing its commercial ties with the US, its second largest commercial partner.
This content was originally published in Trump Cobra South African leader on charges of whites ‘genocide’ on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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