The meeting is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where President Kagame is also participating in G20 Summit. He will speak on “Putting People First” a topic highlighting technology, youth jobs, and women empowerment.
The office of the President on Twitter wrote that Kagame and Ramaphosa have held discussions but did not reveal the content of their discussions.
The discussions of both heads of state take place as plans to revitalize their countries’ relationship which has not been good are being crafted.
Since 2014, Rwanda and South Africa’s relationship has been bad.
Rwandan ambassador to South Africa Vincent Karega, recently told IGIHE that since Ramaphosa took power, there have been steps taken towards normalizing relations between the two countries.
Rwanda is worried by people accused of terrorism crimes that are hiding in South Africa, such as Kayumba Nyamwasa.
Rwanda is also raising issues of Rwandans who are denied visas to South Africa.
In March, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the problem of Rwandans being denied visas to South Africa was going to become history after holding talks with President Paul Kagame.
President Kagame and Ramaphosa had last held talks in Nouakchott, Mauritania, end of June this year, on the occasion of the 31st Summit of the African Union.
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