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G20 Summit: Ramaphosa calls on Trump to Trump to attend amid US concerns over SA land reform

The proposals followed tense talks between South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the White House last week Image: GCIS In a high-level diplomatic mission to Washington, President Cyril Ramaphosa placed global cooperation at the centre of his dialogue with US President Donald Trump, urging Trump to attend the G20 South Africa prepares to hand over its presidency. 'So now that it is our time to hand over to them, I told him that I don't want to hand over to an empty chair. So he must come personally so that I can hand over the presidency to him,' he said. Ramaphosa said this to journalists on the sidelines of the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa meeting in Cape Town on Tuesday. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ This comes after Trump's administration vowed to snub the G20 in the country, citing concerns over the Expropriation Act. Trump believes that the law targeted white-Afrikaners, particularly farmers. He told Ramaphosa to relook at the law. With rising geopolitical tensions and signs of disengagement from some global players, Ramaphosa emphasised that the US presence and leadership in multilateral institutions remain essential. This appeal to global responsibility was one of three key objectives Ramaphosa brought to Washington. 'We felt that we needed to reset that relationship because the US is a very important player. We export a lot of things to the US. 'They export or bring in a lot of goods as well as services to us. So, for us, the United States being the biggest economic powerhouse in the world, we needed to reset the relationship,' he said.