President Cyril Ramaphosa will be departing for a state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. 🤝 saudiarabia
SA pays tribute to Saudi Arabia on 92nd Saudi National DayRamaphosa will be accompanied by International Relations minister Naledi Pandor; Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza, Trade and Industry minister Ebrahim Patel, Gwede Mantashe of Mineral Resources and Energy and Fikile Mbalula of Transport.Discussions
“It is envisioned that the various deliberations will provide renewed impetus to strengthened economic cooperation in identified priority sectors, notably agriculture, defence, energy, and transport, further underpinned by regular high-level engagements between the two countries.”There is also hope that Ramaphosa will request an increase in the South African Hajj quota.
With South Africans and the rest of the world not being allowed to perform Hajj in 2020 and 2021, the waiting lists for SA has ballooned to a backlog of about 16 years, when previously it was between five and eight years.were formalised in 1994 with four South Africa’s democratically elected presidents having visited the Kingdom to date.
The Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoy a strategic bilateral partnership based on cordial and fraternal relations.
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