The United States (US) has sought to clarify its position on whether it has had a change of mind regarding attendance of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The White House has released a short statement on X saying its chargé d’affaires in Pretoria will attend the declaration handover ceremony as a formality.
However, the US says it is not joining the G20 discussions themselves.
A White House official has gone to X to label any reports the US is attending the Summit as “fake news”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa earlier welcomed what he said appeared to be renewed interest from the US to participate in some form.
World leaders have started arriving in SA.
Among the early arrivals is Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and European Union Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen.
India has confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend.
–SABC–
