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“You should person told america that it (hosting the G20 summit) is specified a hard task, possibly we would person tally away,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa jokingly told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their bilateral talks connected Sunday (November 23, 2025).
South Africa is hosting the archetypal G20 Summit being held successful Africa.
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In his opening remarks astatine the India-South Africa delegation-level talks, President Ramaphosa thanked India for its enactment successful hosting the G20 leaders’ summit.
“Thank you for the enactment that India has fixed to South Africa successful hosting G20...You should person told america that it is specified a hard task, possibly we would person tally away,” Mr. Ramaphosa said with a laugh.
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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 23, 2025PM Modi and those contiguous successful the country besides laughed astatine his remarks.
Mr. Ramaphosa said that his state has learnt a batch from India astir hosting the G20.
“We person learned a batch from your hosting of the G20 … and yours was spectacular... gathering … ours is truly small,” Ramaphosa said. To which PM Modi rapidly replied, “Small is ever beautiful.”
India hosted the 18th G20 astatine the spectacular Bharat Mandapam successful September 2023. Bharat Mandapam was unveiled up of the summit.
The African Union became a subordinate of the G20 during India’s presidency successful 2023.
The acme was a culmination of each the G20 processes and meetings held passim the twelvemonth among ministers, elder officials, and civilian societies.
