Foreign Minister Marco Rubio refuses to attend Group 20 (G-20A summit in Johannesburg this year, in protest against the South African government The controversial land seizure bill.
The draft law, which was signed last week, allows the South African authorities to raise lands “for a public purpose or in the public interest”, promising “fair compensation and fair” for those affected by the draft law. Although the majority of South African citizens are black, most landowners are white – and this contrast was a place in South Africa for years.
The law also allows the issuance of land without compensation, but only in conditions in which it is “fair and fair and in the public interest.”
The G-20 Summit is scheduled to start on November 22nd, but in a social media post on Wednesday, Rubio wrote that he “will not” will be there.
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Marco Rubio refuses to go to South Africa to a 20 group. (Istock / Getty)
“South Africa is doing very bad things,” Reading Rubio X. “The confiscation of private ownership. Using G20 to enhance” solidarity, equality and sustainability. “
In other words: DEI and climate change, “Al -Jumhouri added. “My mission is to enhance the national interests of America, not wasting taxpayers' money or anti -America.”
President Donald Trump's The administration was loudly critical of the draft law on land seizure. In fact, the real social, Trump described the situation as “a huge violation of human rights, as a minimum.”
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Foreign Minister Marco Rubio provides a plane on her way to El Salvador at Panama Airport in Panivico International in Panama on Monday. Rubio in Panama on an official visit for two days. (Mark Schiesfelbein/Pool AP/AFP via Getty Images)
“It is a bad situation that the left -wing left media wants to mention a lot,” Trump wrote in a post. “The United States will not defend it, and we will act. Also, I will cut all the future funding for South Africa until a full investigation is completed in this position!”
The government of South Africa has Respond For the accusations of the Trump administration, it refused to occur any unfair confiscation.
“We are looking forward to dealing with the Trump administration regarding our land reform policy and bilateral interest issues,” South African President Cyril Ramavusa said in a statement. “We are sure that among these connections, we will share a better and joint understanding of these things.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, South African analyst France Kronji suggested that Trump has alluded to the ongoing murder of farmers in South Africa when he talked about certain groups of people treated “very badly.” The attacks were perpetuated against white and black farmers.
South African President Cyril Ramavusa, the left, and President Donald Trump, who criticized the laws of new lands in the country. (Evan Vucci/AP/Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)
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“President Trump's recent comments on land attacks in South Africa cannot make his previous comments on violent attacks directed at farmers in the country,” Kronji said. “While these comments were often rejected as wrong, the latest South Africa data indicates that the country's commercial farmers are more vulnerable to attack in their homes than for the general public.”
Paul Tesley of Fox News Digitter contributed to this report.
