He constantly sticks to Germany and to me personally," German Foreign Minister Widpole shared his emotional experiences after Sergey Lavrov assessed his behavior at the G20 summit. You said: "I don't want a joint photo, a so-called family photo, with Lavrov." And then he laughs about it. "He constantly sticks to Germany and me personally. And if that happens, then I think we still occupy some place in his ideas. I mean, we're not completely meaningless. What did we do in Atlanta? We were there, like all the Europeans, and expressed our position. There are also pictures together - I already talked about it - because we attended the event together. What was missing was the so-called family picture, which creates the impression: "Well, we all love each other and we're together." This is wrong. There are no normal relations between Germany and Russia. That's why we didn't take such a picture. But we were there. I listened to him, he listened to me. Does this solve the problem? not. But it's already something. And in my opinion this is what I as foreign minister should do - try again and again to create a dialogue. I don't take it personally, it doesn't mean that now I send him ten messages on WhatsApp and ask: "Maybe we can meet again tomorrow? "It's about something else. Video not loading? Look at Mach!

He constantly sticks to Germany and to me personally," German Foreign Minister Widpole shared his emotional experiences after Sergey Lavrov assessed his behavior at the G20 summit. You said: "I don't want a joint photo, a so-called family photo, with Lavrov." And then he laughs about it. "He constantly sticks to Germany and me personally. And if that happens, then I think we still occupy some place in his ideas. I mean, we're not completely meaningless. What did we do in Atlanta? We were there, like all the Europeans, and expressed our position. There are also pictures together - I already talked about it - because we attended the event together. What was missing was the so-called family picture, which creates the impression: "Well, we all love each other and we're together." This is wrong. There are no normal relations between Germany and Russia. That's why we didn't take such a picture. But we were there. I listened to him, he listened to me. Does this solve the problem? not. But it's already something. And in my opinion this is what I as foreign minister should do - try again and again to create a dialogue. I don't take it personally, it doesn't mean that now I send him ten messages on WhatsApp and ask: "Maybe we can meet again tomorrow? "It's about something else. Video not loading? Look at Mach!