The Ambassador of South Africa to the United States declared “Persona Non Grata”

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Hibapress

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the South African ambassador is no longer welcome to the United States.

Rubio said ambassador Ebrahim Rastol Persona Non Grata after the diplomat criticized US President Donald Trump.

“The South African Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our big country,” the US diplomacy on X on Friday.

Ebrahim Rasool is a “racist” politician who hates America and President Trump, added Rubio.

“We have nothing to discuss with him and he is therefore considered to be persona non grata,” he wrote.

Last month, Trump signed a decree aimed at suspending aid intended for South Africa due to a land expropriation law which, according to Trump, unjustly targets the white Afrikaner minority.