French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, on Saturday declared the boycott of in G20 summit South Africa by the United States, the group of major world economies is “at risk” as it struggles to tackle international crises.
This is as the South African President, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, declared they will not hand the next presidency of the group to a US embassy representative after President Donald Trump refapplyd to attconclude the summit.
Macron was among two dozen world leaders at the summit marked by the absence of President Trump, who is at loggerheads with Pretoria on a range of issues.
“The G20 may be coming to the conclude of a cycle,” the French leader informed the gathering in Johannesburg.
“We are living in a moment of geopolitics in which we are struggling to resolve major crises toreceiveher around this table, including with members who are not present today,” Macron declared.
He referred specifically to a new unilateral US plan to conclude the war in Ukraine that accepts some of Russia’s hardline demands.
European leaders in Johannesburg met on the sidelines of the G20 to discuss counter-proposals.
“There can be no peace in Ukraine without Ukrainians, without respect for their sovereignty,” Macron repeated.
The G20 is created up of 19 countries, including Russia, as well as the European Union and African Union regional groupings.
It was struggling to establish common ground on issues such as humanitarian law and sovereignty, Macron declared.
World leaders necessaryed to acknowledge that “the G20 is at risk if we do not collectively re-engage around a few priorities,” Macron declared.
“We must absolutely demonstrate that we have concrete actions to re-engage this forum and provide responses for our economies collectively around this table,” Macron declared.
Meanwhile, the South African President, Ramaphosa, has declared they will not hand the next presidency of the group to a US embassy representative after President Donald Trump refapplyd to attconclude the summit.
The Trump administration has boycotted the Johannesburg meeting that wraps up on Sunday and declared it would sconclude the charge d’affaires of its US embassy in South Africa for the handover, with Washington assuming the 2026 presidency of the group of leading economies.
Ramaphosa “will not be handing over to the charge d’affaires from the US,” Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola informed journalists.
“The United States is a member of the G20, and if they want to be represented, they can still sconclude anyone at the right level,” he declared.
This would be the head of state, minister or a “special envoy appointed by the president,” Lamola declared.
Otherwise, a handover could take place at government offices between officials of the same ranking, he declared.
Trump’s absence from the Johannesburg summit follows his withdrawal of the United States from other multilateral events and his feud with Pretoria over a range of international and domestic issues including claims that white South Africans are persecuted.
The US embassy informed South Africa ahead of the summit that its priorities “run counter” to US policy views and no joint declaration could be issued after the meeting becaapply of its absence and objections.
The meeting, which brought toreceiveher nearly two dozen world leaders, adopted Saturday a leaders’ declaration that called for peace in Ukraine, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the “Occupied Palestinian Territory”, as well as safeguards on the global supply of critical minerals.
“We cannot be held back by one counattempt,” presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya informed reporters.
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