Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sharply criticized Donald Trump over reports that South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa could be excluded from the upcoming G20 summit in Miami. Speaking in Hannover alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Lula insisted that Ramaphosa “must attend” the summit regardless of US opposition. Tensions between Washington and Pretoria have reached a boiling point following the Trump administration’s claims of “white genocide” in South Africa and its move to cut all financial assistance to the country. The rift has been further widened by South Africa’s ongoing genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, a legal action the Trump administration has vehemently opposed.
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