Nov. 23 (UPI) -- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa brought the G20 summit in Johannesburg to a close Saturday, and rejected a proposal by the United States for him to pass control for next year's meeting in Florida to a junior U.S. embassy official.
Ramaphosa depicted the two-day summit as a win for multilateralism but said it was marred by a U.S. boycott. The United States has repeatedly accused South Africa, without proof, of discriminating against white-minority Afrikaners
"We've met in the face of significant challenges and demonstrated our ability to come together, even in times of great difficulty, to pursue a better world," Ramaphosa said in his closing remarks.
As he closed the conference, Ramaphosa said "We shall see each other again next year" in the United States. It was his only mention of the United States during the summit.
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