PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday depart South Africa for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a State Visit to take place on 15 – 16 October 2022.
Ramaphosa’s visit is at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, His Royal Highness (HRH) King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.
According to the Presidency, the President will be hosted by HRH Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud.
Diplomatic relations between South Africa and Saudi Arabia were formalised in 1994, with four of South Africa’s democratically elected Presidents having visited the Kingdom to date.
The late President Nelson Mandela visited the Kingdom in 1998; President Thabo Mbeki visited in 2007; President Jacob Zuma visited in 2016 and President Cyril Ramaphosa visited in 2018.
The Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enjoy a strategic bilateral
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