
My Fellow South Africans,
I wish to address you this evening about the way South Africa led and managed the G20 process, culminating with the G20 Leaders’ Summit that concluded its work exactly a week ago.
Allow me to express my profound gratitude to you all, as my fellow compatriots, for ensuring and enabling our beloved country to host a series of successful G20 meetings throughout the year, ending with the G20 Leaders’ Summit.
When we launched our G20 Presidency a year ago, I said that this must be the People’s G20.
It cannot belong just to the leaders, but to the millions of people who have a stake in the discussions and decisions of the G20.
This was the first time the G20 Summit…
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