G20 foreign ministers to end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues

On Saturday, the Group of 20 foreign ministers are set to conclude their two-day meeting in Atlanta without achieving consensus on several significant global security matters. The discussions were largely influenced by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, which has created divisions among the participating nations. Consequently, the group will not issue a joint communique, but instead will rely on a summary statement from the chairman, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to release at the end of the talks, according to diplomats who were present.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who opened the meeting with an appeal for unity, made headlines on Friday by canceling the customary group photograph of foreign ministers. European diplomats objected to the inclusion of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, leading to threats of boycotts or walkouts. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, representing his country for the first time as a guest at a G20 meeting, acknowledged the failure to reach consensus, stating, "We have wars going on, and we have participants in those wars around the world".