US EditionFrench ambassador calls for South Africa to be at G20 after Trump bars country
- On Tuesday, French Ambassador David Martinon stated in Johannesburg that South Africa must attend this year's G20 summit in the United States, asserting the country remains a full-fledged member despite President Donald Trump's move to bar it.
- Tensions stem from Trump's accusations that South Africa allows "white genocide" against the Afrikaner minority, leading him to cut financial assistance and exclude the nation from December's Florida summit.
- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend, stating, "He can't not go just because Trump said he wouldn't," while other G20 members oppose the U.S. move.
- Martinon denied France rescinded its invitation for South Africa to the Group of Seven summit, describing the event as "streamlined" and referencing President Ramaphosa's remark, "You can't be de-invited from a forum you don't belong to."
- The South African government labeled the G20 exclusion a "punitive move" based on "completely false" information, while friction persists over South Africa's International Court of Justice case accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians.
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Since Johannesburg, France's ambassador to South Africa, David Martinon, took advantage of a press briefing to recall France's willingness to see Pretoria return to the G20 meetings, while the organizing country, the United States, arbitrarily excluded the rainbow nation, in a context of strong diplomatic tensions. South African representatives were therefore unable to participate in the first G20 meetings that had already taken place.
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French ambassador calls for South Africa to be at G20 after Trump bars country
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The French ambassador to South Africa said Tuesday that the country should be allowed to attend the Group of 20 summit this year in the United States despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to bar the it…
France's ambassador to South Africa said that the country should be allowed to participate in the G20 summit in the US even though Donald Trump has banned its arrival.
PF delegate was expelled after involvement in the arrest of former MP Alexandre Ramagem. Lula has intensified attacks on Trump in recent months. Read in the People's Gazette.
President Lula Slams Trump Rejection Of South Africa At G20 Summit
By Enyichukwu Enemanna Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that US President Donald Trump lacks the right to bar South African President Cyril Ramaphosa from attending the G20 summit. Speaking in Hannover, Germany, alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Lula said: “I told Ramaphosa that he must attend the G20. He must attend. He can’t not go just because Trump said he wouldn’t.” Relations have been strained between …
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