The United States has identified the Ambassador of South Africa as an unwanted person

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that the Ambassador of South Africa (Spring) in Washington “is no more welcome in the United States, TASR reports according to AP.

Rubio accused Ambassador Ebrahim Rasola of racial incitement policy and accused him of “hating” America and President Donald Trump. He then described him as an unwanted person. He did not give any further reasons and the US Diplomacy Department did not provide details.

According to AP, it was not clear whether the diplomat was at all in the United States at the time of the decision. Rubio published the relevant statement on his way back to Washington from the G7 Foreign Minister meeting in Quebec, Canada.

The decision comes after Trump signed an executive regulation to limit the assistance of the US South African government. Trump claims that the so -called. African, who are descendants of mostly Dutch colonial settlers in South Africa, have been the target of the new law in South Africa, which allegedly allows the government to expropriating the private land by white farmers. Last week, Trump said that white farmers from South Africa are welcome to settle in the United States.

South African government rejects that the new law is associated with racial questions

The South African government refused that its newly adopted law would be linked to racial issues and stated that Trump’s claims were distorted and full of misinformation.

For the United States, the expulsion of a foreign diplomat is a very unusual step, although the status of “Persona non grata” is often awarded a lower status diplomat, AP writes.

The decision of the United States to expel from the country of the Ambassador of South Africa is “regrettable”, responded to Rubi’s statement by the Office of the local President Cyril Ramaphos.

“The Republic of South Africa is still determined to build a mutually beneficial relationship with the United States,” the AFP recalls