A G-20 meeting would normally be an opportunity for a U.S. secretary of state to push for support on U.S. positions.
Amid diplomatic tensions between host South Africa and the Trump Administration, the U.S. will be represented at a meeting of ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has decided to skip the upcoming G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, ...
While Rubio will not attend, the South African government has confirmed the U.S. will still have a presence at the meeting, likely at a lower level. South Africa’s Department of International ...
but Rubio has also directly rejected South Africa's priorities for its G20 presidency. The hosts have picked “solidarity, equality, sustainability” as the theme of the G20 this year.