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Rubio Cancels G20 Foreign Ministers Photo Over Russia

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceled the G20 foreign ministers’ photo in Atlanta because Russia participated.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended despite European officials threatening to boycott a photo with him.
Delegates prepared for a December G20 leaders’ summit at President Donald Trump’s Doral resort in Miami.
They planned to discuss navigation freedoms in the Strait of Hormuz and other strategic seas.

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Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed two memoranda in Washington on 29 October.
One memorandum follows President Donald Trump's Peace Pipelines Framework to develop gas and oil infrastructure.
The second memorandum calls for joint action against far-left terrorist groups, specifically naming Antifa Ost.
The signing, delayed from 27 October after Rubio’s Texas rally, was attended by officials Allison Hooker and Thomas DiNanno.

History

During the November 2014 G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia deployed about 6,000 police and rented 16 bomb-proof limousines, marking the nation’s largest peacetime security operation. The meeting sparked diplomatic tension over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attendance after the MH-17 shoot-down, prompting foreign minister Julie Bishop to seek consensus on a ban. Those security and diplomatic precedents echo in today’s G20 disputes.

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During the November 2014 G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia deployed about 6,000 police and rented 16 bomb-proof limousines, marking the nation’s largest peacetime security operation. The meeting sparked diplomatic tension over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attendance after the MH-17 shoot-down, prompting foreign minister Julie Bishop to seek consensus on a ban. Those security and diplomatic precedents echo in today’s G20 disputes.

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