South Africa to Engage in G-20 Despite Trump, President Says

South Africa will continue to engage as a full member of the Group of 20 despite US leader Donald Trump’s call to exclude the country from next year’s gathering, President Cyril Ramaphosa said a week after the end of his yearlong leadership of the forum.

“South Africa is one of the founding members of the G-20 and South Africa is therefore a member of the G-20 in its own name and right,” Ramaphosa said in a television address Sunday. “We will continue to participate as a full, active, and constructive member.”

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