New York, Nov 6 (PTI) President Donald Trump announced that he will not attend the upcoming G20 Summit, scheduled for Johannesburg, South Africa, later this month, while questioning the country’s inclusion in the group of major global economies.
Speaking at the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida, on Wednesday, President Trump said, “We have a G20 meeting in South Africa. South Africa shouldn’t even be in the Gs anymore because what’s happened there is bad. I’m not going. I told them I’m not going. I’m not going to represent our country there. It shouldn’t be there.”
South Africa, which took over the G20 Presidency on December 1, 2024, will host the leaders’ summit on November 22–23, the first time the event will be held on African soil.
India previously held the G20 Presidency from December 2022 to November 2023 and hosted the 18th G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023, which was attended by then US President Joe Biden.
The G20 includes 19 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States, along with the European Union and the African Union.
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