The US secretary of state communicated his decision on X and opened up a new front of contestation with South Africa
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“I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg,” he posted on X. “South Africa is doing very bad things. Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote ‘solidarity, equality & sustainability’’. In other words: DEI and climate change. My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism.
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola’s office confirmed that Rubio’s decision was not communicated through the usual diplomatic channels but it saw it on social media. As he did earlier this week after Trump announced that he had suspended all US donor aid to South Africa as an apparent sanction for enacting expropriation legislation, Lamola stressed that the law did not allow the arbitrary seizure of land.
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