Key City – International Relations Minister Ronald Lamp stressed the need for diplomatic relations with the United States South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasul’s distillation.
Speaking to the media on Saturday, Lamola rejected Megaphone and Twitter diplomacy, stressed that the direct dialogue is very important as the United States is an important trading partner.
“American Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool … and as a country, we always say that we are highlighted by more diplomatic tabs. This AE is the most important channels that countries are always working.
“But there is a reality in the last past that there is a platform of different diplomatic badges now. There is a platform for social media, which is now emerging social media,” he said.
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lampa said he did not follow the proper diplomatic process on the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool. # Dstv403 pic.twitter.com/mheyfvdbhb
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“But as South Africa, when the officials of official lines are in the diplomatical channels of officials, the first process belongs to Démarcho. This process is well known in the world … How the world does not open … America and South Africa remain very strategically.”