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Several G20 members privately objected to the US excluding SA from the G20 | SA News

Several other G20 member states raised objections to the exclusion of South Africa from America’s G20, at the first meeting of sherpas, chaired by the US, in Washington this week.

But the US did not budge, sources told Daily Maverick.

“It was discussed. We and others raised objections. No final decision,” said someone close to the German delegation in Pretoria.

Another source suggested that despite a general view expressed at the meeting that South Africa should be admitted to the US G20 meetings, the US sherpa had said his government’s decision to exclude SA was “final”.

South Africa had sent a formal request to all G20 countries last week asking them to object to its exclusion from the…

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