South Africa’s presidency joked on Thursday that the country would “take a commercial break” from the G20 while US President Donald Trump leads the forum, after Trump’s administration confirmed it will not invite South Africa to participate.
The US took over the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 last week, after boycotting the summit that President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted in Johannesburg.
Ramaphosa’s office appeared to shrug off the latest salvo from the Trump administration, alluding to the snub as temporary, and looking…
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