The G20 summit is set to end with a diplomatic spat between the US and the host country, South Africa, with the latter refusing to hand over the rotating presidency of the bloc to what it termed a junior US official.

The US has boycotted the two-day G20 meeting of leaders from rich and emerging economies in Johannesburg following the Trump administration's claims that South Africa is violently persecuting its Afrikaner white minority.

The US, which is set to take over as G20 president for 2026, said that it will host its summit at President Donald Trump's golf club in Doral, Florida.

‘Insult to South African President’

But South Africa insisted that a traditional handover ceremony at the end of this summit likely will not happen because the US only wanted to send a diplomatic official

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