Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the US decision to include Russia in this year’s Group of 20 meetings after criticism from the European Union and other allies, calling dialogue the only way to end the war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin’s possible attendance at the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Florida in December would risk regularizing Russia’s return to international forums while its war in Ukraine continues, according to the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas tells Bloomberg This Weekend that Russia is escalating its war in Ukraine and is not serious about peace, criticizing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statements at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta and warning against normalizing Moscow on the international stage. Speaking with host David Gura, Kallas also calls for a diplomatic solution to tensions with Iran and discusses efforts to deepen the EU’s relationship with Canada through greater cooperation on trade, energy and defense. (Source: Bloomberg)