{"id":64466,"date":"2025-11-22T18:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T18:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/g20-summit-adopts-declaration-amid-u-s-boycott"},"modified":"2025-11-22T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T19:05:11","slug":"g20-summit-adopts-declaration-amid-u-s-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/g20-summit-adopts-declaration-amid-u-s-boycott","title":{"rendered":"G20 Summit Adopts Declaration Amid U.S. Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A Group of 20 leaders\u2019 summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without U.S. input in a move a White House official called \u201cshameful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration, using language to which Washington has been opposed, \u201ccan\u2019t be renegotiated,\u201d South African President Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s spokesperson told reporters, reflecting strains between Pretoria and the Trump administration over the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had the entire year of working towards this adoption and the past week has been quite intense,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa, host of this weekend\u2019s gathering of Group of 20 leaders in Johannesburg, had earlier said there was \u201coverwhelming consensus\u201d for a summit declaration.<\/p>\n<p>G20 envoys drew up a draft leaders\u2019 declaration on Friday without U.S. involvement, four sources familiar with the matter said.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration used the kind of language long disliked by the Trump administration: stressing the seriousness of climate change and the need to better adapt to it, praising ambitious targets to boost renewable energy and noting the punishing levels of debt service suffered by poor countries.<\/p>\n<p><b>Trump rejects South Africa-s G20 agenda <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The mention of climate change was a snub to U.S. President Donald Trump, who doubts the scientific consensus that global warming is caused by human activities. U.S. officials had indicated they would oppose any reference to it in the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>In opening remarks to the summit, Ramaphosa said: \u201cThere\u2019s been overwhelming consensus and agreement that one of the other tasks we should undertake right at the beginning is to&#8230; adopt our declaration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He thanked all delegations who had worked together with South Africa \u201cin good faith to produce a worthy G20 outcome document\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not allow anything to diminish the value, the stature and the impact of the first African G20 presidency,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said U.S. officials would not attend the summit because of allegations, widely discredited, that the host country\u2019s Black majority government persecutes its white minority.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. president has also rejected the host nation\u2019s agenda of promoting solidarity and helping developing nations adapt to weather disasters, transition to clean energy and cut their excessive debt costs.<\/p>\n<p>The boycott had initially seemed to put a dampener on Ramaphosa\u2019s plans to trumpet South Africa\u2019s role in promoting multilateral diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p>The United States will host the G20 in 2026 and Ramaphosa said he would have to hand over the rotating presidency to an \u201cempty chair\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The South African presidency has rejected a U.S. offer to send the U.S. charge d\u2019affaires for the G20 handover.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. A Group of 20 leaders\u2019 summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without U.S. input in a move a White House official called \u201cshameful\u201d. 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