South Africa president says G20 will make declaration despite US warning and 'will not be bullied'

The Group of 20 nations will make a joint declaration at the end of their summit in Johannesburg this weekend despite warnings against that from the United States, South Africa's president said Thursday. A South African G20 ambassador said this week that the U.S. had sent diplomatic communication to South Africa advising that that “there should be no declaration adopted” at the summit because the U.S. was not there and therefore there would be no consensus. Instead, the U.S. wants a toned-down statement from South Africa only to cap the summit, which is a culmination of more than 120 meetings that Africa's most advanced economy has hosted since it took over the G20's rotating presidency for this year.