AtlantaNo joint statement is expected from the G20.
The US scrapped the group photo after European ministers refused to stand beside Russia’s Sergey Lavrov.
Washington will publish a chair’s summary it drafted itself, a diplomatic source said, since ministers no longer agree on statements.
Leaders meet in Miami on 14 December, and Russia has not said whether Putin will attend.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- reports the photo cancellation as a sign of Europe's refusal to be pictured with Lavrov, with Wadephul's dpa quote and a Ukraine-was-not-invited detail
- The Hindu
- frames the cancelled photo as a symptom of broader G20 splits, listing Iran, tariffs and South Africa's absence
- TEMPO.CO
- gives Rubio's stated reason for scrapping the photo (avoiding a spectacle) and quotes Wadephul's 'no normalcy with Russia'
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, The Hindu, TEMPO.CO