Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies convened in South Africa on Saturday for a summit boycotted by the United States, aiming to finalize a draft declaration prepared without Washington’s involvement—an unexpected move a senior White House official called “shameful.”

According to the sources, G20 negotiators reached agreement on the draft communiqué ahead of the Johannesburg meeting, with several key agenda items focused on climate change.

The sources confirmed late on Friday that the draft made references to climate change, despite objections from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who doubts the scientific consensus that warming is caused by human activities.

Trump has indicated that it will boycott the summit because of allegations, widely discredited, that th

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