CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim this week that there is an unreported “genocide” happening against white farmers in South Africa was his harshest accusation yet against a country he moved to punish over a range of issues soon after returning to office.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to hold talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on May 21 and hopes to ease a simmering diplomatic row between the two nations. Ramaphosa will visit the US from May 19 to 22 and meet Trump at the White House “to discuss bilateral,

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to the U.S. to meet with President Trump next week amid heightening tensions. The big picture: The visit comes after Trump cut all foreign assistance to the country and parroted false allegations that white South Africans are being subject to a genocide while granting them refugee status in the U.