JOHANNESBURG - Tensions between South Africa and the United States continue to escalate following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's recent announcement to skip the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting later this month.
Tensions rise between South Africa, US as Rubio plans to skip G20 FM meeting
By Xinhua
Rubio wrote on the social media platform X on Wednesday that he would not attend the meeting in Johannesburg. He claimed that South Africa is "doing very bad things" including expropriating land and private property.
In response, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola reiterated Thursday morning that South Africa is a sovereign country and there has been no "arbitrary" dispossession of land or property.