South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the results of the United States midterm elections would usher in a new era in world relations.

Millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump, amid the souring relations between South ​Africa and the U.S.

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This week, Trump’s administration moved to end South Africa’s duty-free access to the U.S. market, after cutting financial aid last year and expelling its previous ambassador to Washington.

Trump has targeted the ​country largely due to what he says is its persecution of white people, which South Africa says is a false narrative spread by fringe ​groups.

Ramaphosa told reporters after casting his vote that “we have seen that the Democrats have taken control of ​the Senate and of the House, and the people of America have spoken.‌ I ⁠do think that this is going to introduce a new era in world relations.’’

Ramaphosa said Monday’s announcement that ​South Africa would ​be suspended ⁠from Washington’s AGOA trade initiative from January “is indeed a negative for us” and that the focus ​should be on negotiating a bilateral trade agreement ​with ⁠the U.S.

“Whilst we are sad that we’ve been removed from AGOA, our trade relations with the United States continue,’’ he added.

Ramaphosa ⁠said South ​Africa had been working to secure ​new export markets and “diversification has now become the order of the day.’’

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