U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks from an aircraft ... (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP) A G20 poster calling for Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability adorns the site where the foreign ministers meeting of the G20 will take place ...

Amid diplomatic tensions between host South Africa and the Trump Administration, the U.S. will be represented at a meeting of foreign ministers by the acting ambassador to South Africa.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has decided to skip the upcoming G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking the first major international gathering he’ll miss since taking office last month.

The erosion of multilateralism threatens global growth and stability, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned Wednesday at a G20 finance meeting in South Africa marked by the absence of the US treasury secretary.

South Africa voiced dismay that Group of 20 (G20) talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus, after top officials from several countries skipped it and delegates remained far apart on issues such as climate finance.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a meeting ... money or coddle anti-Americanism,” Rubio wrote. Rubio's decision to skip the G20 meeting also underscores a major deterioration ...

Rubio said he would also be skipping the main G20 summit in Johannesburg later this year due to South Africa's "DEI and climate change" frameworks

A G20 meeting would normally be an opportunity for a U.S. secretary of state to push for support on U.S. positions, especially at the start of a new administration. Analysts say Rubio’s absence ...

JOHANNESBURG — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day ... sustainability” as the theme of the G20 this year. PHOTOS: Rubio will skip a G20 meeting after calling host South ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two ... coddle anti-Americanism,” Rubio wrote. Rubio’s decision to skip the G20 meeting also underscores a major ...