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G20-leden willen niet poseren met Russisch minister Lavrov, dus geen 'familiefoto'

VRT NWS31 October 2026, 10:10 UTCUnited States of America

De traditionele 'familiefoto' bij het begin van de G20-vergadering in de Verenigde Staten is op het laatste moment geschrapt. Een aantal landen weigerde om naast de Russische minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Sergej Lavrov te verschijnen. "Er is geen sprake van een normale situatie met Rusland", zei de Duitse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.

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