South Africa to hand over G20 presidency to US in ‘low-key’ ceremony

By RT International

The director-general of Pretoria’s international relations department says the transfer of the chairmanship will “most likely” take place on Tuesday

South Africa will hand over the presidency of the G20 to the US in a “low-key” ceremony this week, a senior official from Pretoria’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has said.

The arrangement follows Washington’s unprecedented decision to boycott the G20 summit held in Johannesburg over the weekend. US President Donald Trump ordered officials in his administration not to participate in the gathering, citing alleged “human rights abuses” against white Afrikaners in South Africa, claims that Pretoria has rejected.

“The agreement is that we should do it low-key. It is not just a South African issue; the US also does not want a very big handover event,” Zane Dangor, director-general of DIRCO, told Newzroom Afrika on Monday.

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