South African president Ramaphosa attends G7 Summit in Canada

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa is attending the annual leader’s summit of the G7 group of rich countries in Kananaskis, Canada, where he is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump. 

President Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said he would participate in the discussion on the summit theme of energy security, including critical mineral supply chains.

Magwenya said that President Ramaphosa was more hopeful than he had been before his heated White House meeting with President Trump last month that the US President would attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg in November.

President Trump had previously indicated he would not attend the summit because of the “genocide” he claimed was being perpetrated against white Afrikaners.

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