President Ramaphosa stressed the importance of the US as the second largest business partner Spring and expressed interest in relieving tensions.
South Africa (Spring) considers the improvement of its relations with the United States to be a “priority” after the recent expulsion of the South African ambassador Ebrahim Rasola, President Cyril Ramaphos said on Monday. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
The increasing tensions between the two countries resulted in Friday, when US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio on Social Network X wrote that Rasool was no longer welcome in the United States. Ambassador who has been “a policy supporting racism” who hates US President Donald Trump.
“Improving our relations with the United States is a priority for us,” Ramaphos said to journalists. He recalled that the United States is “the second largest business partner” of the country after China.
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Rubio declared the South African ambassador to be “unwanted” after Rasol’s Friday performance at the online seminar. During it, he described Trump’s Maga movement (let us make America again) as a “reaction of the superior white race to the growing demographic diversity in the United States”. Rasool in his youth fought against apartheid and also criticizes the Israeli government for the war in the Gaza Strip.
“We have taken note of the dissatisfaction that the United States expressed, especially in connection with its statements,” said Ramaphosa. Rasool “will” return and give me a complete news “, he added.
The expulsion was preceded by the growing tension between Washington and Pretoria in connection with several political disagreements. Spring brought a lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice on suspicion that Israel had committed genocide at the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The United States is a close ally of Israel.
