Rubio canceled a joint "family photo" at the G20 foreign ministers' summit due to the ministers' reluctance to pose with Lavrov. The Guardian The traditional photo session at the meeting of foreign ministers did not take place after about a third of the countries threatened a boycott, the newspaper reported. According to him, in particular, the representatives of Australia and Great Britain, as well as some European parties, opposed the general picture. The US Secretary of State was forced to cancel the event, which often opens such international meetings. Marco Rubio nevertheless opened the talks in Atlanta by calling for unity on issues that threaten international security and trade. "We are at a critical moment. We are facing a series of interconnected economic and geopolitical crises," he told his colleagues. The publication noted that the representatives of the European Union countries "made it clear" that they would boycott any photo with Russians. "Under no circumstances will there be a family photo of the European partners and Mr. Lavrov together, because relations with Russia cannot be considered normal," German Foreign Minister Johann Wedpole warned on the eve of the meeting. His British counterpart Ed Miliband promised the same. "We don't interact with the Russians in that way and haven't for many years," he said. At the opening of the meeting, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine as "cruel and unjustified". She noted that the war affected international markets and worsened global food security. The "Guardian" points out that the split in Atlanta is further evidence of the divisions caused by the US presidential administration's attempt to reintegrate the Russian Federation and its leader Vladimir Putin into the international community, despite the ongoing war against Ukraine.

Rubio canceled a joint "family photo" at the G20 foreign ministers' summit due to the ministers' reluctance to pose with Lavrov. The Guardian The traditional photo session at the meeting of foreign ministers did not take place after about a third of the countries threatened a boycott, the newspaper reported. According to him, in particular, the representatives of Australia and Great Britain, as well as some European parties, opposed the general picture. The US Secretary of State was forced to cancel the event, which often opens such international meetings. Marco Rubio nevertheless opened the talks in Atlanta by calling for unity on issues that threaten international security and trade. "We are at a critical moment. We are facing a series of interconnected economic and geopolitical crises," he told his colleagues. The publication noted that the representatives of the European Union countries "made it clear" that they would boycott any photo with Russians. "Under no circumstances will there be a family photo of the European partners and Mr. Lavrov together, because relations with Russia cannot be considered normal," German Foreign Minister Johann Wedpole warned on the eve of the meeting. His British counterpart Ed Miliband promised the same. "We don't interact with the Russians in that way and haven't for many years," he said. At the opening of the meeting, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine as "cruel and unjustified". She noted that the war affected international markets and worsened global food security. The "Guardian" points out that the split in Atlanta is further evidence of the divisions caused by the US presidential administration's attempt to reintegrate the Russian Federation and its leader Vladimir Putin into the international community, despite the ongoing war against Ukraine.