U.S. lawmakers request 2023 AGOA Forum be moved from South Africa

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has written to senior Biden administration officials, making the case for the AGOA forum to be moved from South Africa later this year.
In the letter, leaders of the Senate Foreign Operations Committee and the House Foreign Relations Committee cited Pretoria’s stance on Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, its joint-military exercises with Russia and China, and its efforts to facilitate Russian President Vladimir Putin’s in-person attendance of the BRICS Summit in August, as reasons why South Africa should be removed as the host of the AGOA Forum later this year.

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