President Donald Trump said he would bar South Africa from the G20 summit in Miami next year, rekindling a diplomatic stand-off in which the US boycotted last week’s first ever summit in Africa.
On Monday, South Africa symbolically passed on the G20 presidency to the US, but the handover — which normally takes place between heads of state at the summit — became a low-key event at the foreign ministry after President Cyril Ramaphosa declined a last-minute request to hand over to a diplomat.
Trump said this refusal triggered his decision to exclude South Africa.
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