South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, the South African government announced after Trump declared there’s a “genocide” taking place against Afrikaners.

The first group of white South Africans arrived in the U.S. on Monday following the Trump administration’s prioritization of the Afrikaner refugee resettlement program.

Ramaphosa will travel to Washington from May 19-22 and have a bilateral meeting with Trump with the plan to provide “a platform to reset the strategic relationship between the two countries,” according to a statement from his office.

Trump on Monday told reporters South African leadership plans to visit him at the White House next week.

The president has “essentially extended citizenship” to people who escaped violence in South Africa to come to the U.S., he said Monday, which has led to criticism from the South African government over whether his moves are politically motivated.

Trump has defended granting refugee status to Afrikaner refugees after halting refugee admissions for others seeking escape from violence or famine in countries such as Sudan and Afghanistan.

“It’s a genocide that’s taking place that you people don’t want to write about, but it’s a terrible thing that’s taking place. Farmers are being killed,” Trump said. “They happen to be white, but whether they’re white or Black, makes no difference to me."

"But white farmers are being brutally killed, and their land is being confiscated in South Africa, and the newspapers and the media, television media doesn’t even talk about it," he added.

Over the past four years, 101 current or former workers living on farms, who are mostly Black, were killed, The New York Times reported, citing South African police data.