May 19 (UPI) -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to Washington, D.C., on Monday and will meet with President Donald Trump this week at the White House, where the two leaders will discuss "global issues of interest" amid strained relations.
Wednesday's state visit will "provide a platform to reset the strategic relations between the two countries," Ramaphosa's office announced in a statement. South Africa and the United States have clashed repeatedly over the alleged persecution of White South Africans and Israel's war in Gaza. The White House has not issued a schedule for the visit.
In February, Trump cut U.S. aid to South Africa over its land expropriation law, which allows local and national authorities to confiscate property. Trump has accused South Africa of discriminating against and taking land from White South Africans of Dutch descent, known as Afrikaners, which the South African government has denied.
"We're the only country on the continent where the colonizers came to stay and we have never driven them out of our country," Ramaphosa said.
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