Feb. 6 (UPI) --Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday evening he was boycotting the G20 meeting in South Africa scheduled for later this month over the country's controversial land ...

Rubio spoke with the foreign ... all expected at the Group of 20 meeting in Johannesburg while the U.S. will be represented by a lower-level delegation. A G20 meeting would normally be an ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not attend ... South Africa is hosting a meeting of foreign ministers of the G20 group of countries from Feb. 20-21 in Johannesburg. The country holds ...

JOHANNESBURG ... advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism,” Mr. Rubio wrote. Mr. Rubio’s decision to skip the G20 meeting also underscores ...

South Africa will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the G20 group of major economies ... Brooks Spector, a retired U.S. diplomat, said Rubio’s boycott of the meeting was “a serious ...

6 (UPI) --Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday evening he was boycotting the G20 meeting ... X in announcing his boycott. I will NOT attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg.

JOHANNESBURG — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a two-day meeting of foreign ministers ... Rubio’s decision was “not a complete boycott of South Africa’s G-20” by the ...

6 (UPI) --Secretary of State Marco Rubio ... s controversial land expropriation law. South Africa, which holds the the G20 presidency until the end of November, is to host a meeting of the ...

U.S. Secretary ... in Johannesburg this week “in one form or shape or another” and stressed that Rubio’s decision was “not a complete boycott of South Africa’s G20” by the U.S ...

Johannesburg ... 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 ...