The White House has accused South Africa of declining to ensure
a smooth handover of the G20 presidency to the United States,
Azernews reports via TRT World. The claim comes
after South Africa’s Foreign Ministry said it would transfer the
presidency to Washington “at an appropriate level”, shortly after
the G20 adopted a climate-crisis declaration opposed by the US.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said on Saturday that
President Cyril Ramaphosa had pushed for a G20 leaders’ statement
addressing the climate emergency and other global issues “despite
consistent and robust US objections.”
She added that President Donald Trump was looking forward to
“restoring legitimacy to the G20 in the US’ 2026 host year.”
Earlier, South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola told
reporters at the summit that the US had wanted the handover to be
carried out through the chargé d’affaires at its embassy in
Pretoria.
Lamola stressed that South Africa’s Department of International
Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) sought to make a clear
distinction between the formal handover process and the ongoing
summit discussions attended by world leaders and their duly
appointed representatives.
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