JOHANNESBURG - The Presidency is warning the United States against excluding South Africa from next year's G20 Summit.
It reminded the Trump administration that such a move can not be made unilaterally.
South Africa is meant to work with next year's hosts, the US and 2027 hosts, the UK, as the G20 Troika.
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But tensions between Washington and Pretoria may make this difficult.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says South Africa will maintain its role in the Trioka.
She adds that that there is no country more soviet than the other
"You can not dilute the participation of others. If they do not want us to participate we will have to tell the world that they do not want us to participate. The G20 is multilateral and not unilateral," Ntshavheni.