South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in May. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

The Trump administration is not planning to invite South Africa to take part in G20 events hosted in the United States next year, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

The exclusion of South Africa from the meetings of the world’s most important economies is an unprecedented step and would mark the first time a country was outright excluded from them in its more than 20-year history.

The US already boycotted the 2025 meeting in South Africa amid unfounded accusations that the government there is committing genocide against White South Africans.

Instead, the administration plans to invite Poland to participate at an elevated level at

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