By Kanishka Singh and Anathi Madubela
WASHINGTON/ JOHANNESBURG, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Donald Trump said South Africa will not be invited to take part in next year’s G20 summit in Florida after Washington boycotted the leaders’ summit in Johannesburg last week, which the African nation called a “punitive” measure against it.
The Group of 20 leaders adopted a declaration on Saturday to address the climate crisis and other global challenges despite U.S. objections, prompting the White House to accuse South Africa of weaponising its leadership of the group this year.
“At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office called Trump’s post “regrettable.” Ramaphosa said that since the U.S. delegation was not present at the summit last week, “instruments of the G20 Presidency were duly handover to a U.S. Embassy official at the Headquarters of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation…
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