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Usually, the outgoing president of the G20 hands over formally to the incoming one, but as President Trump was not in attendance, that didn't happen.
administration had boycotted the summit after falsely accusing South Africa of human rights abuses against its white minority.
It had also objected to the summit's themes surrounding debt alleviation and climate change.
However, all other countries had representatives in attendance, and the summit achieved a joint declaration despite U.S.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
De Silva, who was speaking on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, said there was no reason to have a war.
He warned against repeating the mistake of what happened between Russia and Ukraine and said, quote, once a shot is fired, it is hard to predict how it will end.
has conducted more than 20 strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific it says were drug boats, killing dozens of people.
has also sent an aircraft carrier strike group, Navy warships and stealth aircraft to the area near Venezuela.
Trump accuses Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of leading a terrorist drug cartel.
Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
South African attendees broke out into cheers as President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the summit closed.
Usually, the outgoing president of the G20 hands over formally to the incoming one, but as President Trump was not in attendance, that didn't happen.
administration had boycotted the summit after falsely accusing South Africa of human rights abuses against its white minority.
It had also objected to the summit's themes surrounding debt alleviation and climate change.