00:00South Africa says it is prepared to sit out next year's G20 after being barred by the US
00:06and does not expect other countries to lobby for its reinstatement.
00:10Pretoria, however, says it expects G20 members to register their displeasure with the US over their actions.
00:18The US assumed the rotating G20 presidency last week
00:22after boycotting the summit hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa in Johannesburg.
00:27US President Donald Trump had already announced that South Africa would not be invited to next year's Leaders' Summit in Florida.
00:35Relations between Washington and Pretoria have deteriorated sharply this year
00:39as Trump repeatedly pushed claims of a white genocide in South Africa.
00:44South Africa is a founding member of the G20, which brings together the world's major economies
00:49representing 85% of global GDP and two-thirds of the world's population.
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