The Group of 20 nations concluded its inaugural summit on the African continent by endorsing a substantive declaration on climate finance, debt relief, and global trade that highlighted a hardening resolve among members to advance global priorities in the absence of the U.S. delegation.
The two-day G20 leaders summit, which ended on Sunday and was held under the South African presidency's theme of "Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability,” was instantly overshadowed by the diplomatic abstention of the U.S., whose government boycotted the talks citing unsubstantiated claims that South Africa was persecuting its white Afrikaner minority.
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