G20 foreign ministers in Atlanta meeting head to an ending without consensus on key issues
The group skipped a joint communique as disputes over Ukraine, Iran and trade routes left members unable to agree, officials said.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio is chairing the G20 meeting in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday, laying groundwork for December's leaders' summit at President Donald Trump's Miami golf club.
- Rubio cancelled the group photograph on Thursday after European diplomats refused to be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, with some threatening to leave rather than participate.
- Participants remain divided on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, US tariffs, the US-Israeli war on Iran, and Chinese actions in the South China Sea, limiting consensus prospects.
- US officials alerted regional allies to prepare for possible renewed military strikes on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections, heightening tensions in West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz.
- Elaine Dezenski, head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power, described the gathering as "less of a meeting and more of a test" of U.S. cooperation capacity.
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G20 FM meeting ends without joint communique amid deep divisions
A two-day meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers ended in Atlanta on Saturday without a joint communique, as participants failed to reach consensus on major global geopolitical and economic security issues amid the Ukraine crisis and the US-Iran conflict.
G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issue, group photo cancelled
Top diplomats from the G20 met in Atlanta, but they could not agree on important global security issues. Tensions, particularly regarding Russia's war in Ukraine, overshadowed the talks and affected the outcomes. The meeting concluded without a joint communique, only a chairman's statement summarizing their discussions. Despite the lack of consensus, efforts were made to strengthen cooperation on supply chains and mineral resources.
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"We are on the same page in our belief that this is a serious problem, but I can't say that we agree on how to solve it," the US Secretary of State said after the conclusion of talks in Atlanta.
The G20 foreign ministers today ended two days of negotiations without reaching a consensus on critical global security issues, with the war between Russia and Ukraine influencing the outcome.
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