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Washington: President Donald Trump said on Friday that no U.S. government official would attend the Group of 20 summit in South Africa later this month because of what he said were "human rights abuses" taking place in the country.

South Africa's foreign ministry described the decision as "regrettable" and repeated its rejection of Trump's claims that white Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country.

"It is a total disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "Afrikaners (people who are descended from Dutch settlers and also French and German immigrants) are being killed and slaughtered, and their land and farms are being illegally confiscated."

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