Washington – President Donald Trump will host South African President Cyril Ramafose in the White House in the investment to improve relations between the two countries after months of tensions.
The United States has accepted 59 white South Africans this month as refugees after they claim that they fleeed to flee violence and discrimination. Trump and the best advisor Elon Musk, He who was born in South Africa, claimed Africans, white descendants of Dutch and French settlers, were the goals of “genocide”. South African leaders fiercely challenged receivables.
“We all know like South Africans, and Black and White, no genocide here,” Ramafosa said the UA last week Seeabout print X. “We are not genocidal. We do not commit any act of hatred, the act of retaliation or violence against anyone.”
Ramaphosa told reporters on Tuesday In order for his visit to focus on potential trade and investment agreements on Wednesday, as well as the goal “to combine good relations between our two countries.”
Trump has aCCUED South Africa to be “terrible” to farmers, and in February, he said that the United States would reduce the help in the country, stating About the truth of social That South Africa “was very poorly treated by certain classes of people.”
The White House also criticized 2024 Egpropriation, allowing the Government, in some cases to use unused land without compensation or when there is a public interest in this (a process similar to the eminent domain laws in the United States.)
In February, Ramaphosa said his government did not seize the country.
“The recently adopted act on expropriation is not an instrument for confiscation, but is a constitutional mandate legal process that ensures public access to the land in a fair and just way to lead the constitution” he said at x.
Nevertheless, the White House claimed that the Law “shocking the right of its citizens” and allegedly followed the actions “encouraging disproportionate violence against racial unwanted landowners.” The Management Board used an act refugee priority Entrance and relocation For Afrikaans, she quarreled by white South Africans were “victims of unjust racial discrimination.”
Trump claimed that South Africa experienced “genocide”, adding, “they happen to be white, but whether they are white or black.”
There were 12 murders on farms last year, TJoined journalist reportedReferring to police statistics. One of the victims was a farmer, and the others were farmers, none of whom were identified in Race, according to AP. White farmers own approximately three-quarters of the country in South Africa, according to the Government’s data.
Africans are minority white descendants of Dutch and French immigrants who ruled the ground during the apartheid regime, which ended in 1994. years. The Africans wasted a racial segregation and confiscated land from black inhabitants.
The United States has recognized African refugees even while Trump administration excludes the recognition of refugees from most other countries, including Afghanistan, Sudan and Myanmar.
X APPLICATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF JULY AFRICA published In February Yes “We look forward to involving the trump card on our land policies and issues of bilateral interest.”
“We are sure that we will share better and joint understanding of these issues from these engagements,” the station continued.
The United States and South Africa also borrowed their heads through Israel-Hamas war, after South Africa, they accused Israel to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa leads the case in the United Nations International Court.
The White House referred to the charges of genocide in Trump February Executive Centering Refugees African, saying that “South Africa has taken aggressive positions towards the United States and their allies.”
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