France, Nov. 23 -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday that the Leaders' Declaration from this weekend's Group of 20 summit reflected a "renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation".

As host of the Johannesburg summit, Ramaphosa pushed through the declaration addressing global challenges like the climate crisis, despite opposition from the US.

Addressing the summit's closing ceremony on Sunday, Ramaphosa said the declaration showed that world leaders' "shared goals outweight our differences".

The Trump administration boycotted the event because of allegations - widely debunked - that South Africa's black majority government persecutes its white minority. It also said South Africa's priorities - inculding cooperat...