Marco Rubio to Skip G20 Meeting in South Africa

Rubio to boycott Johannesburg's G20 meeting over South Africa's land expropriation law
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday evening he was boycotting the G20 meeting in South Africa scheduled for later this month over the country's controversial land expropriation law.
US top diplomat Rubio will not attend G20 meeting in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend an upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa, the top U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, days after President Donald Trumpthreatened to cut off funding to the African country.
Marco Rubio refuses to visit South Africa for G-20 summit, accuses government of 'doing very bad things'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that he will not be attending the G-20 summit in Johannesburg as a protest against the South African government.
Rubio Says He’ll Skip G-20 Meeting in South Africa Over Land Law
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he won’t attend a Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, citing among his reasons South Africa’s new land-expropriation law, which has been assailed by President Donald Trump.
Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa over land law. Musk has also criticized the country
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa and has launched an investigation of the country’s polices, claiming a “massive” human rights violation is happening over a new land expropriation law.
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Trump’s comments waded into a sensitive racial issue and deepened already sharp divisions between the United States and South Africa.
US Top Diplomat Rubio Will Not Attend G20 Meet in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, February 5, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
‘South Africa doing very bad things’: US secretary of state Marco Rubio to skip G20 summit
Rubio's announcement comes two days after Trump hit out at South Africa over land reforms aimed at redressing inequalities perpetrated during the apartheid era.
Marco Rubio to Skip G20 Meeting in South Africa Amid U.S.-Africa Tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend the upcoming G20 foreign ministers meeting in South Africa, the State Department confirmed Wednesday. The decision comes just days after President Donald Trump warned
US skipping G20 talks due to S. Africa's 'anti-American' agenda: Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would skip the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in South Africa, citing an 'anti-American' agenda. Rubio's decision follows US President Donald Trump's condemnation of South Africa's land reforms.

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