In his own speech before the foreign ministers meeting, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy criticized Russia for what he called “Tsarist imperialism.”
The United States' withdrawal and Russia's accusations against the West led the G20 Foreign Ministers to acknowledge the growing geopolitical divisions fueling a climate of distrust, during their meeting in South Africa,
China and Russia “cannot be moved away” from one another, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told his counterpart Vladimir Putin Monday, in their first phone call since US President Donald Trump upended American foreign policy with a sweeping pivot toward Moscow as he pushes for peace in Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy for the Ukraine conflict met President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv on Thursday but there was no immediate word on whether their talks had helped smooth over an unprecedented wartime rift between the once firm allies, and key U.S. officials indicated that major frustrations remain.
Lammy said G20 partners expected to hear more than what he described as the Russian gentleman’s tired fabrications.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a meeting of foreign ministers from the leading rich and developing nations, known as the Group of 20, that starts on Thursday
The two-day G20 gathering on Thursday and Friday comes days after landmark bilateral talks between the United States and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. Those talks sidelined Washington’s ...
The two-day G20 gathering on Thursday and Friday comes days after landmark bilateral talks between the United States and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine. Those talks sidelined Washington ...