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Ramesh asks PM if he’ll raise S Africa case with Trump
The Statesman Delhi
|November 29, 2025
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would "take up South Africa's cause" with US President Donald Trump after Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to the 2026 G20 summit to be hosted in Miami.
In a post on social media handle X, Ramesh highlighted South Africa's longstanding membership of the G20 - "the largest economy measured by GDP in the African continent" ~ and its historic ties with India through BRICS, IBSA, and BASIC groupings. "The Prime Minister styles himself as champion of Africa and the Global Sou
This story is from the November 29, 2025 edition of The Statesman Delhi.
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