Ramaphosa to jet off to Canada for G7 Summit as SA prepares for G20
PRETORIA - President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to rub shoulders with US President Donald Trump yet again, but this time on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Canada.
On Tuesday, Ramaphosa confirmed to reporters in Pretoria that he's scheduled to meet various heads of State, including Trump.
While South Africa isn't a G7 member State, it will be attending the gathering next week.
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Ramaphosa says he'll use the trip to Canada to prepare for the G20 Summit scheduled to take place in Johannesburg in November.
"We will be able to interact meaningfully with them. I am going to have a bilateral with the Chancellor of Germany, the Prime Minister of Canada and President Trump, whom we met at the White House. The G7 gives an opportunity to go and propagate our message. The message about South Africa's G20 presidency."
Ramaphosa further explained the importance of attending the G7 meeting.
"We are going to use it as a platform to begin to consolidate what we want to have in November when the leaders' summit takes place here."
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