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G20 drops group photo as Europeans refuse to stand with Lavrov
Al Jazeera10/30/2026
Add Al Jazeera on Google Foreign ministers attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, US [Megan Varner/Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff , AFP and DPA Published On 30 Oct 2026 30 Oct 2026 The United States has scrapped a traditional group photo of foreign ministers after European officials refused to be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The move exposes deep rifts at the heart of the Group of 20 (G20), whose foreign ministers are meeting in the southern city of Atlanta in the United States for talks overshadowed by the wars in Ukraine and Iran.
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