President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday meet with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
He may also additionally attend the UK-South Africa Enterprise Discussion board earlier than being hosted at a banquet by the Mayor of London.
Ramaphosa is on a two-day state visit hosted by King Charles III.
TODAY: His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa is on a State Go to in the UK of Nice Britain and Northern Eire on the invitation of His Majesty, King Charles III. #SAinUK
#BetterAfricaBetterWorld
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— Presidency | South Africa
(@PresidencyZA) November 22, 2022
The President will begin his morning with a strolling tour of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew the place he will likely be proven a show of crops of particular curiosity for conservation for South Africa.
South Africa’s Nationwide Biodiversity Institute has a thirty yr collaboration with the botanical gardens that boast the most important wild plant seed financial institution on this planet.
Ramaphosa will then go to the Francis Crick Institute for a tour and briefing on the centre’s COVID-19 legacy examine.
South Africa is one in all over 70 international locations which have fashioned partnerships with the Institute with a deal with tuberculosis and retroviruses.
Ramaphosa has a lunch appointment at 10 Downing Avenue with Sunak the place issues of coverage affecting the 2 governments will likely be aired together with vitality, expertise improvement and training and tourism.
The President may have the chance to have interaction with each South African and British enterprise individuals later within the day in an effort to search out and consolidate new commerce and funding alternatives.
On Tuesday, President Ramaphosa arrived at Buckingham Palace the place he was escorted by his hosts King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla.
He inspected numerous objects referring to South Africa from the royal assortment together with photos of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s 1947 journey to South Africa and numerous presents given to the royal household by Presidents Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki.
The objects seen by the President fashioned a part of the Royal Assortment of articles related to South Africa. The go to occurred within the Image Gallery at Buckingham Palace. pic.twitter.com/LVyruFHvGA
— Presidency | South Africa
Later Ramaphosa addressed the British parliament, saying following a colonial period of battle and dispossession, relations between the 2 international locations are marked by a want for shared prosperity:
The Palace Westminster homes the 2 Homes of Parliament #BetterAfricaBetterWorld
— Presidency | South Africa
President Ramaphosa’s full speech to UK lawmakers:
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