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G20 scraps family photo after ministers refuse to pose with Lavrov
The traditional opening photograph at a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta was cancelled after European diplomats refused to be pictured with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The United States cancelled a planned group photograph at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Friday after European nations, the UK and Australia refused to be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. About one-third of the attending countries indicated they would boycott or walk out of the traditional opening photo. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio decided to scrap the image to prevent the controversy from becoming a distraction. British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Lavrov at the meeting that Russia was not winning the war in Ukraine, saying his country would not engage with Russian ministers in the way a photograph would suggest. The cancellation underscores tensions at the summit over Russia's presence and reflects broader divisions among G20 members over the Ukraine war and US policy towards Moscow.
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