US to skip G20 summit in South Africa due to expropriation law


The White House has banned US agencies from working at the G20 summit in South Africa because of the "anti-American" law on land expropriation. This was announced on Wednesday, May 14, according to The Washington Post.
"This move follows President Donald Trump's public threats to boycott the summit over allegations that the government is taking land from white South Africans under a new expropriation law," the material says.
A White House official referred to Trump's comment in which he accused South Africa of carrying out "genocide" against white citizens and said he would not attend the G-20 leaders' meeting in Johannesburg unless "the situation is resolved."
On March 14, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared the South African ambassador persona non grata and accused him of hating the state and American President Donald Trump. Rubio stressed that Rasul's visits to the country are no longer welcome in the United States.
On March 7, Trump himself announced that the United States was ending all federal aid to the Republic of South Africa. He added that he would arrange for all those who want to leave the country to obtain US citizenship quickly.
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