Vice President Pence on Thursday will take part in a roundtable with a group of prominent black Republicans.

During the discussion, the group plans to push Pence on issues of diversity and inclusion in the Trump administration, BuzzFeed News reported.

The roundtable will include former Rep. J.C. Watts (Okla.), former George W. Bush administration official Kay Cole James, former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele and former Cincinnati Mayor Ken Blackwell, according to two sources familiar with the talks.

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The talks will mark the first high-level meeting taking place between the new Trump administration and the black wing of the GOP.

The group of black Republicans approached Pence to have the meeting, BuzzFeed reported.

The vice president on Thursday is also scheduled to address West Point cadets, where he will talk about the achievements of black Americans.