According to the “New York Times”, Russian News Service and other media reports, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently responded to German Foreign Minister Waldfuhr's refusal to take a group photo with him during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting. Lavrov called this practice “family group photo diplomacy.” Earlier, on the opening day of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Atlanta, the US side temporarily cancelled the traditional “family photo” group photo of the foreign minister. According to reports, delegates from some European countries, Australia, and Canada opposed “being in the same frame” as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. According to RIA Novosti, Lavrov said at a press conference on October 30, local time, “Mr. Vadfour asked to meet me in New York a month ago, but yesterday or this morning he issued a statement saying, 'I want to tell Lavrov in person everything about the war of aggression, and I will never take a photo with him. ' I call this 'family photo diplomacy'.” Lavrov said that if what matters most to Europeans is what they look like in the “family photo” and who is standing next to them, then “this explains everything.”

According to the “New York Times”, Russian News Service and other media reports, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently responded to German Foreign Minister Waldfuhr's refusal to take a group photo with him during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting. Lavrov called this practice “family group photo diplomacy.” Earlier, on the opening day of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Atlanta, the US side temporarily cancelled the traditional “family photo” group photo of the foreign minister. According to reports, delegates from some European countries, Australia, and Canada opposed “being in the same frame” as Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. According to RIA Novosti, Lavrov said at a press conference on October 30, local time, “Mr. Vadfour asked to meet me in New York a month ago, but yesterday or this morning he issued a statement saying, 'I want to tell Lavrov in person everything about the war of aggression, and I will never take a photo with him. ' I call this 'family photo diplomacy'.” Lavrov said that if what matters most to Europeans is what they look like in the “family photo” and who is standing next to them, then “this explains everything.”