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U.S., China, Japan, India, Canada finance ministers absent Discussions also overshadowed by sharp disagreements Climate finance, financial reform, inequality in focus CAPE TOWN, Feb 26 (Reuters ...

Despite the warm welcome foreign dignitaries received at the meeting in Johannesburg, hosted by current G20 president South Africa, tensions were apparent before the event even got underway.

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at the official opening of the G20 First Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Nasrec Expo Centre on Day 01 on February 20, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Lammy was speaking to reporters after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed other senior diplomats in a closed-door session at the G20 foreign ministers meeting in Johannesburg.

South Africa will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the G20 group of major economies later this week, but the chief diplomat for the world’s largest economy, the U.S., is skipping it.