Miliband tells Russia's Lavrov 'we all know you are the aggressor' at the Atlanta G20 after Europeans snub the photocall
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…
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted Sergei Lavrov directly at the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta, telling the Russian diplomat to his face that Moscow was "not winning this war" because of Ukrainian courage and allied unity. Miliband also stressed the need for all nations to deprive Putin "of the revenues that perpetuate this barbaric war" — a veiled dig at Trump, who recently waived sanctions on the Kremlin.
European ministers had already refused a traditional 'family photo' with Lavrov, forcing US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to cancel it entirely.
Ukraine was not invited to the Atlanta meeting at all, despite having attended similar G20 gatherings in previous years.
Some delegations threatened to walk out if the photo went ahead, with the US saying it scrapped the picture to avoid a 'diplomatic distraction'.
