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Ramaphosa Holds the Line in Trump G-20 Spat

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in August 2023. 

Photographer: Alet Pretorius/AFP/Getty Images

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Cyril Ramaphosa is holding the line in his spat with Donald Trump, while renewing friendships with other key partners.