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G20 foreign ministers scrap 'family photo' as Lavrov crashes party
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The U.S. hosts of the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting opted to skip the traditional “family photo” Friday after several top diplomats objected to being photographed with a Russian official.
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Atlanta will host the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting Friday and Saturday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and delegations discussing international security, trade and supply-chain concerns, and energy and food security.
The US hosts of a Group of 20 gathering in Atlanta scrapped a traditional “family photo” after several officials attending the event refused to have their picture taken with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Rubio scrapped the G20 group photo in Atlanta after Europeans refused to stand with Lavrov. Ex-ambassador Ian Kelly called the invite "politically boneheaded."
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The G20 foreign ministers meeting kicked off in Atlanta on Friday without a “family photo” after numerous representatives were expected to walk out rather than be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"There will definitely not be a family photo in which our European partners are together with Mr. Lavrov," German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said, according to the German n-tv channel.
“It seems politically boneheaded to invite him,” said Kelly, who now teaches international relations and diplomacy at Northwestern University outside Chicago.
The U.S. hosts of the Group of 20 (G20) Foreign Ministers' Meeting opted to skip the traditional “family photo” Friday after several top diplomats objected to being photographed with a Russian official.
Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled the G20 foreign ministers' closing photograph in Atlanta after European delegations refused to appear alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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