Chinese president Xi Jinping will not participate in the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa. Instead, Prime Minister Li Qiang is to go, informed the Ministry of abroad Affairs in Beijing.
The G20 summit will take place in Johannesburg on 22-23 November.
South Africa will take the rotational presidency of the group in December 2024, becoming the first African country to lead the forum.
President Cyril Ramaphos announced that his country's presidency would focus on implementing African and Global confederate improvement priorities.
A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of abroad Affairs Lin Jian informed on Thursday at a press conference that Prime Minister Li would take part in a summit at the invitation of South Africa, expressing his support for the Pretoria as the G20 Presidency and readiness to cooperate with all parties for multilateralism and the open planet economy.
He besides stressed the "historical importance" of the summit, which is first held on the African continent.
19 countries participate in the G20, as well as the European Union and the African Union.
The United States, which is to take the presidency next, announced last week that no authoritative persons would attend the Johannesburg meeting.
Washington has previously accused Pretoria of promoting ‘anti-American’ agendas.
Ramaphosa said on Thursday that Washington's decision to boycott the summit was "their failure".
It was speculated that the G20 summit could be the venue for gathering US president Donald Trump with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
However, the Kremlin announced last period that Putin would not participate in it personally, appointing president Maksim Orieskin as president of the Russian delegation.
Moscow recognised the South African Presidency as a milestone for the continent and a constructive step towards strengthening multilateral cooperation.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/627765-china-g20-xi-jinping/
