President Cyril Ramaphosa and newly elected British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have expressed their shared dedication to deepening relations between South Africa and the UK in a number of areas of cooperation, together with the simply vitality transition.
Prime Minister Starmer positioned a name with President Ramaphosa this morning, Sunday, 7 July 2024, to specific his curiosity in working carefully with South Africa as a part of executing the sturdy mandate given to the Labour Occasion within the normal election on Thursday, 4 July 2024.
President Ramaphosa congratulated Prime Minister Starmer on his electoral victory and mentioned the Assertion of Intent framing South Africa’s Authorities of Nationwide Unity included many aims shared by the 2 new administrations.
The 2 leaders considered right now’s dialogue as a continuation of the deliberations by which they engaged in November 2022 when President Ramaphosa visited London on the primary State Go to hosted by His Majesty King Charles III. Sir Keir Starmer was at the moment the chief of the opposition Labour Occasion.
President Ramaphosa described the bilateral relationship as a particular bond and mentioned South Africa wished to see higher alignment with the UK on the nationwide and multilateral degree, with South Africa’s Presidency of the G20 in 2025 offering one such alternative.
President Ramaphosa foresees nearer cooperation with UK within the political, social, people-to-people, diplomatic, commerce and funding and local weather change domains.
The Prime Minister agreed that the G20 could be a platform for advancing shared pursuits in local weather change, financial progress and the eradication of inequality.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa.