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S.Africa ambassador calls for talks with US over 'tense' ties

Ambassador Roelf Meyer says direct talks could help settle visa and trade disputes before Washington decides on South Africa’s AGOA status.

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Relations have deteriorated since President Donald Trump took office, with Washington cutting aid and berating President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office over discredited claims of a "white genocide". The "situation is tense and there's a bit of a stalemate", ambassador Roelf Meyer told AFP on the sidelines of an event to launch his memoir. "My view is that it can be addressed if there is direct dialogue between the US and South African author…

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South Africa's Ambassador to the United States, Rolf Meyer, called for direct dialogue between the authorities of the two countries to break the deadlock in relations, at a time when Pretoria is awaiting an American decision to remain on the Agua customs exemption programme.

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