{"id":243283,"date":"2025-02-20T19:14:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/china-defends-south-africas-g20-ambitions-as-rubio-snubs-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:14:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:14:23","slug":"china-defends-south-africas-g20-ambitions-as-rubio-snubs-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/china-defends-south-africas-g20-ambitions-as-rubio-snubs-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"China Defends South Africa\u2019s G20 Ambitions as Rubio Snubs Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/20\/multimedia\/20SAFRICA-G20-lhjq\/20SAFRICA-G20-lhjq-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"China Defends South Africa\u2019s G20 Ambitions as Rubio Snubs Meeting\" title=\"China Defends South Africa\u2019s G20 Ambitions as Rubio Snubs Meeting\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">China\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday defended South Africa\u2019s effort to promote solidarity, equality and sustainability at Group of 20 gatherings this year, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio boycotted the first high-level meeting in Johannesburg this week because of that focus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Group of 20 is an annual gathering of the world\u2019s largest economies. South Africa is the first African nation to host the summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has pushed the group to adopt policies that ensure the continent\u2019s nations \u2014 and developing countries worldwide \u2014 are treated as equals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The theme of this year\u2019s Group of 20 is \u201csolidarity, equality and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Earlier this month, Mr. Rubio accused South Africa of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/1887288685517021298\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cdoing very bad things,\u201d<\/a> and said the country was using its hosting duties to promote diversity and climate change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Wang Yi, China\u2019s foreign minister, said during a brief interview on the sidelines of the Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting on Thursday that he supported South Africa\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe very founding of the G20 was aimed at coordinating the macroeconomic policies of different countries,\u201d he said. \u201cUnder the current circumstances, it is particularly important to respond to the needs of developing countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Rubio\u2019s absence on Thursday cast a shadow over the gathering, where much of the small talk among diplomats was focused on how complicated the world had become just weeks into a second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">South African officials found themselves in the awkward position of having to talk with restraint about the United States, even though President Trump recently froze all U.S. funding to the country and signed an executive order that attacks South African law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The executive order accuses the South African government of discriminating against members of the country\u2019s white Afrikaner minority and offers them refugee status to come to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Speaking at a news conference at the start of the foreign ministers meeting, Mr. Ramaphosa said he believed that he could still work with the United States, his country\u2019s second largest trading partner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe secretary of state not attending is, in the end, not a train smash because the United States is still represented here,\u201d he said, referring to the U.S. delegation at the meeting. \u201cWe may not agree on everything, but we always find a way of relating to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/20\/world\/africa\/south-africa-g20-rubio.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday defended South Africa\u2019s effort to promote solidarity, equality and sustainability at Group of 20 gatherings this year, even as Secretary of State Marco Rubio boycotted the first high-level meeting in Johannesburg this week because of that focus. The Group of 20 is an annual gathering of the world\u2019s largest economies. 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