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President Cyril Ramaphosa termed as an insult United States President Donald Trump’s statement that he would bar South Africa from attending next year’s G20 summit on American soil.
In a statement on Thursday last week, the presidency said South Africa would continue to participate as a full, active and constructive member of the G20.
Last weekend, South Africa hosted a successful G20 summit, the first on African soil, which Washington boycotted despite being the incoming G20 president.
South Africa rejected the suggestion by the US to hand over the presidency to a low-ranking embassy official.
The ceremony instead happened at Pretoria’s Foreign ministry building after the summit.
As a member of the bloc, South Africa does not need an invitation to a G20 event.
The meeting’s declaration, giving more attention to issues that affect developing countries, went unsigned by Washington, and the White House expressed its opposition to South Africa’s agenda, especially the parts that focus on climate change.
South Africa has been Trump’s target since he returned to office at the start of the year, with his administration casting the country as anti-American because of its foreign policy. — Africa News
