President Muhammadu Buhari will
visit South Africa in October, Khusela Diko, spokesman of President Cyril
Ramaphosa, has said.
Buhari had contemplated
cancelling the visit in the wake of the recent attacks on Nigerians in the
South Africa, according to a presidency source.
The source had said the Nigerian
leader was really worried over the attacks and that honouring the invitation of
his South African counterpart was dependent on actions taken to stop the
attacks.
But in a statement, Diko said
Buhari would still visit Ramaphosa in October.
He said the South African leader
received and held discussions with Ahmed Abubakar, the special envoy Buhari
sent to convey his concerns to Ramaphosa following violent attacks on Nigerians
by South Africans.
In the wake of the attacks on
shops and properties owned by Nigerians in different parts of South Africa last
week, Nigeria boycotted the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in the country.
“His Excellency President
Muhammadu Buhari will undertake a State Visit to South Africa in October 2019
to reinforce the strong bonds between the two countries and jointly develop
responses to challenges affecting people and businesses in South Africa and
Nigeria,” Diko said.
“In the wake of public violence
in South Africa and developments in Nigeria around South African businesses
based in the West African country, President Cyril Ramaphosa held discussions
yesterday, Friday 6 September 2019, with Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar,
Special envoy of The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President
Muhammadu Buhari.
“The visit to Pretoria by the
Special Envoy followed a recent meeting between Presidents Ramaphosa and Buhari
in Yokohama, Japan, on the sidelines of the Summit of the Tokyo International
Conference on African Development.
“Nigeria stands ready to assist
South Africa in establishing the root causes of and developing sustainable
solutions to the challenges concerned.
“President Buhari has undertaken
that where challenges emerge in Nigeria, the Nigerian government will act against
lawlessness and the targeting of South African assets in Nigeria.
“President Ramaphosa reaffirmed
South Africa-Nigeria relations as being firm and strong and said the two
partners were resolute in their shared commitment to build an Africa at peace with
itself and others.”
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