MBABANE: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it doesn’t make sense for him personally that South Africa is not permanently a full member of the G20 in all circumstances, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported.
In a statement to the media at the UN Headquarters in New York, Guterres warned that global problems would not be solved by one power calling the shots.
The UN Chief, who attended the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg last November, was then asked a question related to South Africa’s exclusion from G20 processes by the United States this year.
“I was present in the G20 session in South Africa and that I was fully supportive of the agenda introduced by the South African Presidency. And I consider that South Africa played a very positive role in the way it presided at the G20. And it doesn’t make any sense for me that South Africa is not permanently a full member of the G20 in all circumstances,” he said.
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns US against bullying G20 member-South Africa (pic: via SABC).