Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott

The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK – refused to appear beside the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov.

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, pulled the plug after several European officials, the UK and Australia made it known they would boycott or walk out of the snapshot that often kicks off such international gatherings.

Rubio still opened the talks in Atlanta with an appeal for unity on the issues that threaten international security and trade.

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      1 day ago

      Thanks, Professor of Nazis Apologia 101.🤓☠️👍

      …something… something… doomed to repeat History Channel?

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          Wagner Group doesn’t even exist anymore. Dude tried to coup Putin with a truck load of NATO cash and got shot out of the sky. 👍

          Every Russian opposition figure you settle on turns out to be Nazis, from Pussy Riot to Navalny to “Russian Volunteer Corps”.

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            You mean like Rusich and the Russian imperial legion?

            It must be embarrassing being you. Pussy Riot aren’t even Nazis. I challenge you to find a source that isn’t Russia propaganda that says so.

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              Bro. They post swastikas. You can say what you about freedom of speech and whether they should be prosecuted for it, but Pussy Riots are Nazis.

              Yes, the Russian Imperial Legion are fascists. Fuck yeah, they are.

              They’re the opposition to Putin, not his supporters.

              Your Western liberals’ golden child Navalny marches in their rallies. He called Muslims “vermin and cockroaches”. He’s a Nazi.

              You’re only proving my points. Thanks.👍