U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations, known as the Group of 20, that starts on Thursday.

Amid diplomatic tensions between host South Africa and the Trump Administration, the U.S. will be represented at a meeting of foreign ministers by the acting ambassador to South Africa.

The United States' withdrawal and Russia's accusations against the West led the G20 Foreign Ministers to acknowledge the growing geopolitical divisions fueling a climate of distrust, during their meeting in South Africa,