Johannesburg: Insisting that South Africa will not be “bullied by anyone”, the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday took aim at the United States, insisting that the G20 declaration will proceed, with or without the United States.

“The talks are going extremely well. I am confident we are moving towards the declaration, and they are now just dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s,” the South African media quoted Ramaphosa as saying while replying to a question on whether a declaration would be issued following the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend.

Ramaphosa was speaking on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the G20 Social Summit in Boksburg on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump has announced that no American government officials will attend this year’s Gr

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