South Africa: SA Has Moved On From Trump's G20 Summit Snub, Says Ambassador Roelf Meyer

What the report says

South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Roelf Meyer, says the government has moved past the disappointment of not being invited to the US-hosted G20 summit in Miami, Florida, later this year. Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club on Monday, 26 October, Meyer said Pretoria is now focused on other international engagements rather than the snub from the Trump administration.

According to the Daily Maverick report distributed by AllAfrica, Meyer said South Africa will still take part in the B20 business forum in Washington, DC, in November. He also said officials are already in contact with the United Kingdom, which is due to host next year’s G20 summit. The article notes that South Africa is a founding member of the G20.

The piece says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had urged the US to invite South Africa to the Miami summit, but Meyer’s comments suggested that appeal had not changed Pretoria’s position. The report places the remarks in the broader context of strained diplomatic relations after President Donald Trump previously boycotted South Africa’s G20 and later excluded the country from the US summit. Meyer mainly used the appearance to discuss a memoir about his earlier political career, including his role in South Africa’s transition to democracy.