The world powers could not agree - the division is deepening On October 30-31, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the group of twenty (G20) countries was held in Atlanta (USA). The negotiations ended without the adoption of a joint final declaration. Instead, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement from the incumbent party. The main reason for the disagreement was Russia's war against Ukraine. The European representatives refused to take a picture with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which led to the cancellation of the traditional group photo of the participants. However, the contradictions did not concern only Ukraine. The meeting discussed the US-Israel war against Iran, US trade tariffs and China's actions in the South China Sea. Washington calls for unity Marco Rubio called on the participants to cooperate, stressing the need to strengthen energy security, the resilience of global supply chains and ensuring freedom of navigation. However, the negotiations themselves showed how deep the contradictions between the world's leading powers are. Moscow does not intend to change its position Sergey Lavrov said that Russia's position regarding Ukraine remains unchanged. He also emphasized that Moscow will not accept that Ukraine poses a military threat to Russian security interests. Poland aspires to join the G20 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski attended the meeting as an invited participant. Warsaw is seeking full membership in the G20, but Russia opposes expanding the group to include Poland. The main conclusion: the G20 meeting proved that the world's leading powers are increasingly unable to agree on a common position even on major international security issues. The next G20 leaders' summit is scheduled to take place in December in Miami. There it will become clear whether the American presidency will succeed in achieving at least a minimal rapprochement of positions.

The world powers could not agree - the division is deepening On October 30-31, a meeting of the foreign ministers of the group of twenty (G20) countries was held in Atlanta (USA). The negotiations ended without the adoption of a joint final declaration. Instead, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement from the incumbent party. The main reason for the disagreement was Russia's war against Ukraine. The European representatives refused to take a picture with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, which led to the cancellation of the traditional group photo of the participants. However, the contradictions did not concern only Ukraine. The meeting discussed the US-Israel war against Iran, US trade tariffs and China's actions in the South China Sea. Washington calls for unity Marco Rubio called on the participants to cooperate, stressing the need to strengthen energy security, the resilience of global supply chains and ensuring freedom of navigation. However, the negotiations themselves showed how deep the contradictions between the world's leading powers are. Moscow does not intend to change its position Sergey Lavrov said that Russia's position regarding Ukraine remains unchanged. He also emphasized that Moscow will not accept that Ukraine poses a military threat to Russian security interests. Poland aspires to join the G20 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski attended the meeting as an invited participant. Warsaw is seeking full membership in the G20, but Russia opposes expanding the group to include Poland. The main conclusion: the G20 meeting proved that the world's leading powers are increasingly unable to agree on a common position even on major international security issues. The next G20 leaders' summit is scheduled to take place in December in Miami. There it will become clear whether the American presidency will succeed in achieving at least a minimal rapprochement of positions.