SA confident of successful G20 despite Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo joining Argentina in skipping summit

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will not attend the G20 leaders' summit in South Africa on November 22-23, opting to send a senior cabinet minister, joining absences by U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Argentina's Javier Milei. Trump's boycott follows his social media claims of a 'white genocide' and land seizures in South Africa, which Pretoria has refuted as baseless misinformation, while Putin's non-attendance stems from an ICC arrest warrant related to Ukraine; Argentina's decision aligns with its pro-Trump leadership. South African officials downplay the absences as routine sovereign choices, emphasizing robust attendance from most G20 members and invited nations for a successful event.