PM Wong to attend G20 summit in Johannesburg, make official visit to Ethiopia
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Johannesburg in South Africa from Nov 21 to 23 to attend the G20 summit at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. PM Wong, who is also Finance Minister, will then make an official visit to Ethiopia from Nov 23 to 25.This will be PM Wong's first visit to the two countries, which are member states of the African Union, since he became prime minister in May 2024.The African Union Commission, the administrative headquarters of the 55-member African Union (AU) is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while the AU's Pan-African Parliament sits in Midrand, South Africa. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement on Friday (Nov 21) that the summit's theme of «Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability» seeks to address the interlinked global challenges of climate change, inequalitym and geopolitical stability.