List of international presidential trips made by Cyril Ramaphosa

This is a list of international trips made by Cyril Ramaphosa while President. Ramaphosa made his first international trip as the President of South Africa to Luanda, Angola.

2018
Country Locations Dates Details
 Angola Luanda 2 March Held a consultative meeting with President João Lourenço in his capacity as chair of the SADC.[1][2]
 Botswana Gaborone 3 March Met with President Ian Khama on a consultative meeting as head of the SADC.[3]
 Mozambique Maputo 17 March Met with the President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi a consultative meeting.[4]
 Zimbabwe Harare 17 March Paid a courtesy visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[5]
 Rwanda Kigali 20 March-21 March Makes a courtesy visit to President Paul Kagame and is a panelists at the African Continental Free Trade Area Business Forum.He also signs the Kigali Declaration[6]
 United Kingdom London 17 April-19 April Makes courtesy visit to Elizabeth II and later has bilateral talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. Also Addresses African leaders the 'Africassee Leaders Round table' of the Commonwealth Business Forum. Attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[7]
 Angola Luanda 25 April SADC Troika Heads of State and Government summit.
  Switzerland Geneva 15-16 May To Co-Chair the International Labour Organization (ILO) Global Commission together with the Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven[8]
 Canada Québec City, Toronto 8-10 June Attended the 44th G7 summit. Also attend a South Africa-Canada Investor engagement.[9]
 Botswana Gaborone 29 June Attended the 6th Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Summit.
 Mauritania Nouakchott 1-2 July Attended the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Union
 Nigeria Lagos 10-11 July Met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Also attended the 2018 Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebrations of the African Export-Import Bank.
 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 12 July Attend a State Visit and met with King Salman of Saudi Arabia.
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 13 July Met with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
 Zambia Lusaka 9–10 August Meets President Edgar Lungu at State House ahead of bilateral discussion's on cooperation, political and security developments in the region and continent. Also signs an Agreement on the Establishment of Binational Commission between South Africa and Zambia.
 Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa 10 August Meets President Joseph Kabila to discuss the political and security throughout the country. Ramaphosa also commends President Kabila for honouring the Congolese Constitution.
 Namibia Windhoek 16–18 August Meets President Hage Geingob on the eve of the 30th Ordinary Summit of the Southern African Development Community, (SADC).He also Opens the 30th Ordinary SADC Heads of State and Government Summit as the outgoing chairperson of the SADC.
 Zimbabwe Harare 26 August Attends the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa
 China Beijing 31 August - 9 September Attends the African-Chinese summit.
 United States New York City 25 - 27 September Attends the Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
 Germany Berlin 29-30 October Attends G20 Africa Conference and met Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 France Strasbourg 14 November Addressed the European Parliament and met with European Parliament President Antonio Tajani.
 Belgium Brussels 14-15 November Met with King Philippe of Belgium and Prime Minister Charles Michel. Also attended the 7th South Africa-European Union Summit.
  Switzerland Geneva 15-16 November Co-haired the Global Commission on the Future of Work at the Headquarters of the International Labour Organization(ILO).
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 17 November Attend the 11th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union
 Argentina Buenos Aires 30 November-1 December Attended the 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.

2019
Country Locations Dates Details
 Mozambique Maputo 14 January Met with President Filipe Nyusi
  Switzerland Davos 22-25 January Attends the World Economic Forum
 India New Delhi 25-26 January Address the India-South Africa Business Forum and deliver the Gandhi-Mandela Freedom Lecture organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs as a part of celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa) Dialogue Forum. Also was the Chief Guest for Republic Day Parade.[10]
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa 10-11 February Attend the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government.
 Eswatini Mbabane 3 March Met with King Mswati III.
 Zimbabwe Harare 12 March Co-chair the third session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
 Egypt Cairo 22 April Attend an emergency African Union Troika Summit convened to discuss Sudan and Libya.
 Japan Osaka 28-29 June Attended the 2019 G20 Osaka summit
 Lesotho Maseru 4 July Met with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and King Letsie III
 Niger Niamey 7-8 July Attended the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union.The summit will entry into force of the Agreement on the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area
 Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Morogoro 14-15 August Attends a State Visit and meets with President John Magufuli. He also visits Morogoro to see the remains of a fuel tanker explosion express solidarity.
 France Biarritz 25-26 August Attended the 45th G7 summit.
 Japan Yokohama 27-30 August. Attended the seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Also attended the Japan-South Africa Business Expo.
 United Kingdom London 13-14 October Attended the 6th Financial Times Africa Summit.
 Russia Sochi 23 – 24 October Attended the first Russia-Africa Summit.
 Japan Yokohama 31 October Attended the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final.
 Brazil Brasília 13–14 November Attended the 11th BRICS summit.
 Lesotho Maseru 27 November Met with Prime Minister Thomas Thabane and also attend the closing ceremony of the Multistakeholder National Dialogue Plenary II.
 Guinea Conakry 4 December Met with President Alpha Condé.
 Ghana Accra 4-5 December Met with President Nana Akufo-Addo and also co-chair the Ghana-South Africa Business Round Table.
 Togo Lomé 5-6 December Met with President Faure Gnassingbé and attend a State Banquet.
 Egypt Aswan 11 December Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and participate in the Inaugural Session of the “Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development.

References
  1. https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1905642/ramaphosa-returns-from-successful-visit-to-angola/amp/
  2. http://clubofmozambique.com/news/south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-arrives-in-angola-for-working-visit/
  3. http://amp.ewn.co.za/2018/03/01/president-ramaphosa-to-visit-angola-botswana-and-namibia
  4. https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ramaphosa-visits-mozambique-20180317
  5. https://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ramaphosa-arrives-in-zimbabwe-for-working-visit/
  6. http://amp.ewn.co.za/2018/03/21/diplomatic-relations-between-sa-rwanda-to-return-to-normal
  7. https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/ramaphosa-sa-delegation-off-to-london-for-commonwealth-meeting-14479954
  8. https://www.enca.com/south-africa/ramaphosa-in-switzerland-to-chair-ilo-work-commission
  9. http://amp.ewn.co.za/2018/06/06/president-ramaphosa-heading-to-canada-for-g7-summit
  10. "Health, trade on table as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits India". Hindustan Times. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
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