African Union AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf says it is unfortunate that the United States US has boycotted the first G20 Leaders Summit to be hosted in Africa.
He was speaking alongside the United Nations UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the conclusion of the 9th annual AU-UN Conference in New York.
Both the United Nations Secretary General and the African Union Commission Chair will travel to the G20 Leaders Summit in Johannesburg next week amid what is expected to be a notable absence of the delegation of the United States.