US Cancels G20 Family Photo Over Russia — SkimNews
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- US cancelled the G20 “family photo” after Australia, the UK and other countries refused to appear alongside Russia.
- Lavrov was snubbed at the G20 in Atlanta, as framed by a Ukraine war briefing on the gathering.
- G20 foreign ministers were set to end the Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues, a substantive setback beyond the cancelled photo.
Why it matters: Three named countries—the US, Australia and the UK—were directly involved in the cancelled photo, leaving Russia out of the official G20 image. For the US, Australia and the UK, refusal prevented a staged display of unity with Moscow; for Russia, the cost was losing inclusion in that public diplomatic display.
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