Ed Miliband tells Russia's Lavrov 'you are not winning this war' at US G20 after refusing to be pictured with him
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the G20 foreign ministers' summit in Atlanta, where Ed Miliband had pushed for a separate allied photograph before Washington scrapped the group shot entirely.Sergei Lavrov, whose presence at the Atlanta talks prompted multiple European partners to refuse the traditional group photograph, with Britain's Ed Miliband telling MPs this week that his country does "not engage in…Ed Miliband at the United Kingdom nameplate during the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta, where Ukraine was not invited despite having attended similar gatherings in previous years.Sergei Lavrov at the G20, as Britain pushed all nations to cut the revenues funding what Ed Miliband called Putin's "barbaric war" — a veiled challenge to Donald Trump's recent sanctions waiver.
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted Sergei Lavrov face-to-face in Atlanta, telling the Russian foreign minister directly that Putin's drone attack on Dnipro railway station killed 15 people only the day before. Miliband urged Lavrov to pass a message to Putin: "You are not winning this war." The US sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion, funded entirely by European allies and Canada, was approved the same day.
Around a third of G20 foreign ministers, including Miliband, refused to be photographed with Lavrov, forcing Marco Rubio to scrap the traditional 'family photo'.
Lavrov dismissed the boycott as 'family photo diplomacy' and praised the Trump administration for its willingness to engage with Moscow.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas accused Lavrov of presenting 'lies' at the talks and said Russia's actions showed it was 'clearly not' ready to negotiate peace.
