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The G20 Leadership Summit begins in Johannesburg with huge gaps

Trump, Jinpig, Milei, Putin, and Sheinbaum are some of the leaders who will not be at the two-day meeting.

Johannesburg (South Africa), 22/11/2025.- South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks alongside Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Chairperson of the African Union Joao Lourenco at a plenary session on the opening day of the G20 Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, 22 November 2025. World leaders are gathering in South Africa, the host of this year's G20 Leaders' Summit on 22 and 23 November 2025, to discuss the global economy, development and financing. (Brasil, Sudáfrica, Johannesburgo) EFE/EPA/THOMAS MUKOYA / POOL
G20 leaders in South Africa. Photo: EFE

The G20 Leadership Summit (the group of developed and emerging countries) began this Saturday in Johannesburg under South Africa's rotating presidency and without US involvement.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a two-day meeting at the Nasrec Exhibition Centre at which Heads of State and Government will address inclusive and sustainable economic growth, trade, development financing, and the debt of poor countries, among other issues, in this context of great geopolitical fragmentation.



About forty leaders, including the G20 and the invited countries, will participate in the meeting. However, US Presidents Donald Trump, Xi Jinping of China, Javier Milei of Argentina, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico will not be present.

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