The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MFA ) announced on Tuesday ( Jun 25 ) that President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to congratulate him on winning the re-election.
Mr. Tharman extended his sincere thanks to the Singaporean people in a letter to Mr. Ramaphosa from Jun 19 by noting that both nations “enjoy a historic friendship.”
Singapore and South Africa exchanged high-level appointments from then-Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy President Paul Mashatile as part of their 30th anniversary of starting diplomatic relations in 2023, according to Mr. Tharman.
When you visited you as deputy president in Singapore in 2016, and our meet and the meal you served for me at the Oliver Tambo House in Pretoria when I traveled to South Africa in 2017, therefore as Deputy Prime Minister, I fondly recall our conference in Singapore in 2016.
He wrote,” I look forward to working together to maintain enhancing connections between our two countries and I hope to meet you again immediately.”
In his welcome email on Jun 19, Mr Wong even noted that , Singapore and South Africa enjoy a “broad- based diplomatic relationship”.
” Besides a typical exchange of large- stage visits, we have good assistance in trade and investment, air connectivity, information and communications technology, and skills development”.
” Singapore is one of South Africa’s largest buying companions in Southeast Asia, while South Africa is Singapore’s next- largest buying companion in Sub- Saharan Africa”, he added.
Both nations” cooperated well” at international conferences, according to Mr. Wong.
Singapore welcomed South Africa’s inclusion as an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner in 2023, and he said it did help South Africa when it assumes the G20 president in 2025.
” I look forward to meeting you and working up to further increase bilateral relationships,” he continued.
On June 19, Ramaphosa was formally elected leader.  ,
His African National Congress will now have the ability to ally itself with other functions after losing its majority in parliament for the next time.
Ramaphosa does lead what he calls a government of national unification, along with five different events, including the Democrat Alliance’s pro-business adversary and biggest writer.