France denies that it disinvited South Africa from G7

France on Thursday denied accusations it caved into US pressure and withdrew an alleged invitation for South Africa to attend a G7 summit later this year.

The South African presidency told AFP earlier in the day that Washington urged Paris to disinvite President Cyril Ramaphosa from the G7 summit in France in June. But France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Kenya – rather than South Africa – had been invited to the meeting of…