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G20 Set for First African Summit as U.S. Boycotts and Modi Plans Full Participation

With the U.S. absent, South Africa advances a Global South agenda focused on debt relief, climate finance, AI governance, critical minerals.

City park employee plant flowers along one of Johannesburg's major highway as a massive cleanup job gets underway in anticipation of the upcoming G20 summit to be held in the South African economic capital, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
A view of Alexandra township, with the Sandton financial district in the background, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
A gardener takes his lunch break as a massive cleanup job gets underway in anticipation of the upcoming G20 summit to be held in the South African economic capital, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
The ministry of external affairs said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will put forth India’s perspectives on the G20 agenda, and is expected to speak in all the three sessions of the summit, Africa’s first. (DPR PMO)

Overview

  • India confirmed Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the Nov. 21–23 summit in Johannesburg, speak in all three formal sessions, hold bilaterals, and join the IBSA leaders’ meeting.
  • President Donald Trump has announced a U.S. boycott, said no officials will attend, and urged peers not to issue a leaders’ declaration, a stance South Africa rejects as based on false claims about white farmer persecution.
  • The program spans three sessions on inclusive growth, resilience across climate and disaster risk, and a fair transition that includes critical minerals supply chains, decent work, and governance of artificial intelligence.
  • South Africa is pressing for measures to refinance debt and scale climate finance for poorer nations, with the African Union poised to elevate continent-wide priorities.
  • Security has been tightened with thousands of additional police and the army on standby, while attendance varies as Russia’s Vladimir Putin stays away, China sends Premier Li Qiang, and leaders from Europe, the UN and Australia’s Anthony Albanese head to Johannesburg.