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News Topical, Digital Desk : US President Donald Trump has said that South Africa will not be invited to participate in the G20 summit to be held in Florida next year.
In fact, last week the US boycotted the Leaders Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, a boycott the African country described as a punitive measure against it.
G20 leaders on Saturday announced a commitment to tackle the climate crisis and other global challenges, despite objections from the United States, which accused South Africa of weaponizing the group's leadership this year.
What did US President Donald Trump say?
US President Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform, “At the end of the G20, South Africa refused to hand over the G20 presidency to a senior representative of our US Embassy who attended the closing ceremony. Therefore, at my request, South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted next year in the great city of Miami, Florida.”
South Africa calls Trump's post regrettable
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's office has described Donald Trump's post as regrettable. Ramaphosa said that since the US delegation was not present at last week's G20 summit, the instruments of the G20 presidency were handed over to a US Embassy official at the headquarters of South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation.
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