Russia objects to SA's exclusion from the G20

Russia's Foreign Minister says he raised objections to South Africa's exclusion from the G20 under the US Presidency of the bloc. He was asked this past weekend, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, whether the US invitation to President Vladimir Putin to attend this year's G20 Head of State and Government summit in Miami in December pointed to a warming of relations between Moscow and Washington. His response included a reference to South Africa's exclusion, arguing that the United States had gone beyond the authorities provided in its assumption of the rotating G20 presidency. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.