South Africa walked back earlier complaints that Washington pressured France to rescind its invitation to attend June’s G7 summit, reports Bloomberg. On Thursday, it emerged that Paris had rescinded its invitation to Pretoria, which a South African presidency spokesperson said was “due to sustained pressure” from Washington, adding that the US threatened to boycott if South Africa attended. But President Cyril Ramaphosa later said there was no pressure from “the United States or any other country.”
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South Africa walked back earlier complaints that Washington pressured France to rescind its invitation to attend June’s G7 summit, reports Bloomberg. On Thursday, it emerged that Paris had rescinded its invitation to Pretoria, which a South African presidency spokesperson said was “due to sustained pressure” from Washington, adding that the US threatened to boycott if South Africa attended. But President Cyril Ramaphosa later said there was no pressure from “the United States or any other country.”