US Warns South Africa Not to Issue G-20 Statement at Summit
US President Donald Trump and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 21.
Photographer: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/BloombergThe US formally warned South Africa against pushing for a joint statement at this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg that the Trump administration is boycotting, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.
The diplomatic standoff is particularly awkward given it’s the first time the continent is hosting a G-20 and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is passing the baton to US President Donald Trump at the end of this year.