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France denies that it disinvited South Africa from G7

France on Thursday denied accusations it caved into US pressure and withdrew an alleged invitation for South Africa to attend a G7 summit later this year.

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00:01This year's G7 summit will be taking place in France in June, without South Africa.
00:07Pretoria said on Wednesday that France had disinvited it from the summit over pressure from the United States.
00:14But on Thursday, France denied that it had withdrawn an invitation to South Africa.
00:22We have always counted on South Africa and we respect the important role it plays in international affairs.
00:28As regards the G7, we have decided to invite Kenya to Evian in light of the work we are doing
00:34together to prepare for the Africa Forward Summit,
00:37the Africa-France Summit, which will take place on 11th and 12th May in Nairobi.
00:42We do not give in to any pressure, but we have made a choice consistent with our decision to hold
00:47a smaller G7 summit focused on geo-economic issues.
00:52We remain in close contact with South Africa, a key partner of France on all major global issues.
01:00France's foreign minister, however, declined to say whether an invitation had actually been extended to South Africa.
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