South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, seems to have been frozen out in Washington, failing to safe key conferences with State Division officers and key Republicans. Rasool, who occupied the identical place throughout the Obama administration, is probably going being shut out as a result of his pro-Palestinian stance and previous criticism of Trump. His ordeals come at a time when Pretoria is making an attempt to fix strained ties with the Donald Trump-led administration. Relations between the 2 nations have soured since Trump was re-elected to the White Home. In February, he suspended help to South Africa over a controversial land legislation he claimed focused the nation’s white landowners. Trump additionally took difficulty with the nation’s place on Israel. Pretoria is now contemplating options, together with recalling Rasool.
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