The photo with Lavrov struck German Foreign Minister Johann Wedpole and Sergey Lavrov will meet at the G20 ministerial summit in the United States, where the program includes a group photo of the participants. Initially, the German minister said that he would not refuse to take a joint photo: "Photos taken together are inevitable. The main thing is what we discuss with each other. This is the essence of diplomacy." But he later changed his mind and assured the German media that there would be no "family photo" of European representatives with Lavrov.

The photo with Lavrov struck German Foreign Minister Johann Wedpole and Sergey Lavrov will meet at the G20 ministerial summit in the United States, where the program includes a group photo of the participants. Initially, the German minister said that he would not refuse to take a joint photo: "Photos taken together are inevitable. The main thing is what we discuss with each other. This is the essence of diplomacy." But he later changed his mind and assured the German media that there would be no "family photo" of European representatives with Lavrov.