Outgoing US President Joe Biden has managed to be a part of the second group picture of G20 leaders on the summit in Brazil, after displaying up too late the primary time.
Monday’s “household portrait” in Rio de Janeiro ended up getting taken with out Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after they confirmed up on the proper place, however after the scheduled picture shoot.
“Biden was late, and the group determined to not look ahead to him! Welcome to the multipolar world!” columnist S. L. Kanthan posted on X, alongside the truncated group portrait.
He additionally famous that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had been relegated to the second row, whereas the leaders of Brazil, India, South Africa and China had been up within the entrance.
Biden and Trudeau missed Monday’s photo-op because of “logistical points,” a senior US official instructed AP on situation of anonymity. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was additionally absent, with out an evidence.
Within the second “household picture,” taken on Tuesday, Biden was positioned entrance and heart, between Trudeau and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meloni stood to Trudeau’s proper, subsequent to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – who received front-row billing in each photos.
The AP described Monday’s mishap as “farcical” and mentioned it had “appeared to represent the 81-year-old’s waning affect” because the world readied for the second presidency of Donald Trump, the previous and upcoming US chief.
Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov, who represented Moscow on the summit in Rio de Janeiro, was within the picture on Monday, however not on Tuesday. He described the summit as “very optimistic” and famous that the West did not push its “Ukraine agenda” within the ultimate communique.
The G20 has agreed to create a brand new coordinating physique to combat international starvation and poverty, which Russia has joined, Lavrov mentioned on Tuesday, noting that Moscow has been a “dependable and main international provider” of meals in addition to vitality. The Russian international minister additionally introduced the summit with President Vladimir Putin’s Larger Eurasian Partnership initiative, a car for connecting Europe and Asia and guaranteeing stability and safety.
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