BRUSSELS, June 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The European Union sent a message of support this Wednesday to the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, after being sworn in for a second term, insisting that the bloc aspires to strengthen the relationship with Pretoria given that it is its largest trading partner and investment.
“Congratulations to Cyril Ramaphosa on his inauguration as president of South Africa,” the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, wrote on social networks, while recalling the role of the EU as the largest trade and investment partner of South Africa. South Africa.
The bloc “will work with its Government of National Unity to continue strengthening the strategic relationship based on democracy, human rights and multilateralism,” indicated the head of community diplomacy.
Ramaphosa was re-elected by the South African Parliament following a coalition agreement between the ANC and the Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party.
The president has become the first ANC leader to need the support of other parties to be elected, after the historic party obtained only 40 percent of the seats in last month’s elections, losing the parliamentary majority it maintained. since the end of Apartheid in 1994, when Nelson Mandela became President.
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