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Ramaphosa Says China’s Xi Will Visit South Africa Aug. 22
(Bloomberg) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will host President Xi Jinping on a state visit later this month, in what will be only the Chinese leader’s second trip abroad so far this year.
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The two will meet in the capital, Pretoria, on Aug. 22, Ramaphosa said in a brief statement on Monday. They’ll hold formal talks aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and sign a number of unspecified memorandums of agreement, according to a separate statement by the presidency.
Xi has spent only two days outside his country so far in 2023, as mounting domestic problems from a faltering economy to rare political scandals demand the Chinese leader’s attention at home. He visited Moscow in March for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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The meeting between Ramaphosa and Xi will take place on the first day of a BRICS summit that is scheduled to run through Aug. 24. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend that meeting in-person, while Putin is expected to participate virtually.
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(Updates with details of Xi’s travels abroad this year in third paragraph. An earlier version of this story corrected the date of the meeting.)
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