Xi Urges South Africa to Work With China to Boost BRICS’ Clout
Xi Jinping, China's president, left, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, in Pretoria, South Africa, on Aug. 22.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping called on South Africa to join him in boosting the countries’ combined influence on international affairs in the Global South.
“We support substantive progress in the G20 and support South Africa employing a greater role,” he told reporters at a joint press conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, a prelude to this week’s BRICS summit starting on Tuesday. “We are global partners that should uphold justice.”