Marco Rubio to Skip G20 Meeting in South Africa

Marco Rubio Pulls Out of G20 Summit Over ‘Very Bad’ Focus on DEI and Climate
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he won’t attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, saying the country’s support for DEI and climate change policies are “very bad things.” “I will NOT attend the G20 summit,
Marco Rubio shuns G20 meeting in South Africa over ‘equality’ drive
Top US diplomat echoes Donald Trump and Elon Musk in condemning promotion of ‘solidarity’ and ‘sustainability’
Rubio to boycott Johannesburg's G20 meeting over South Africa's land expropriation law
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday evening he was boycotting the G20 meeting in South Africa scheduled for later this month over the country's controversial land expropriation law.
Rubio vows to skip Jo’burg G20 amid Trump and Musk’s feud with South Africa
Late last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law that allows the state to seize land without compensation in some circumstances to address racial and other disparities in land ownership, which sparked rapid backlash from inside the White House.
Rubio says he’ll skip G20 meeting in South Africa over land law
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to skip G20 summit in South Africa, citing land expropriation and inequality policies.
US's Marco Rubio to skip G20 meeting in Trump row over South Africa land policy
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will not attend a G20 meeting in South Africa this month, after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding to the country in a row over land policy.Mr Trump accused South Africa of confiscating land and said "certain classes of people" were being mistreated.
Marco Rubio refuses to visit South Africa for G-20 summit, accuses government of 'doing very bad things'
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that he will not be attending the G-20 summit in Johannesburg as a protest against the South African government.
Rubio snubs G20 meeting citing South Africa’s focus on equality
US SECRETARY of State Marco Rubio said he won’t attend a Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg later this month, citing among his reasons South Africa’s efforts to address inequality. Read more at The Business Times.
Marco Rubio echoes Trump-Musk threat to South Africa, to skip G20 meet over ‘anti-White’ land law
Criticised by Trump, Musk and now Rubio, post-apartheid law allows expropriation of land under very narrow circumstances in a country where White minority owns lion’s share of farmland.
US Top Diplomat Rubio Will Not Attend G20 Meet in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, February 5, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
US skipping G20 talks due to S. Africa's 'anti-American' agenda: Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday he would skip Group of 20 talks this month in South Africa, accusing the host government of an "anti-American" agenda.
US top diplomat Rubio will not attend G20 meeting in South Africa
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend an upcoming G20 meeting in South Africa, the top U.S. diplomat said on ...
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Rubio, Trump’s top diplomat, to skip G20 over ‘anti-Americanism’
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he will skip Group of 20 (G20) talks in South Africa amid an escalating ...
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