A planned “family photo” of G20 foreign ministers was cancelled after European ministers refused to be pictured alongside Sergei Lavrov, the Russian minister attending the summit in Atlanta.
The photograph had been intended to bring together representatives taking part in the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting. However, European foreign ministers objected to Lavrov’s presence and declined to join the official image.
The cancellation followed protests over the participation of the Russian minister. As a result, the summit proceeded without the customary group photograph, removing a standard public moment from the meeting.
No further details about the protests or any replacement arrangement for the photograph were provided in the supplied material.