waiving fresh sanctions on Moscow<\/a> and temporarily limiting logistical and intelligence assistance.<\/p>\nRussia\u2019s foreign ministry complained of issues securing visas for its delegation that were only resolved at the last minute. Those complications had created the impression that \u201cnot everyone in Washington is happy\u201d about Lavrov attending, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. But he would use the meeting to advocate for the \u201cswift reform of global economic institutions\u201d and to promote Russia\u2019s vision of a \u201cmultipolar world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Lavrov has traveled very infrequently to NATO member states since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the resulting severe sanctions were imposed on Moscow. His presence in Atlanta is likely to cause both domestic political problems for Trump just days before the midterm elections and roil at least the G20’s Western participants, according to Ian Kelly, a U.S. ambassador to Georgia during Trump\u2019s first term.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems politically boneheaded to invite him,\u201d said Kelly, who now teaches international relations and diplomacy at Northwestern University outside Chicago. <\/p>\n
Kelly noted that many Republican lawmakers, who are already fearful of losing their congressional majorities, are \u201ccranky\u201d with Trump\u2019s conciliatory approach to Putin. Democrats, he added, could use the invitation to bash the GOP ahead of Tuesday’s vote.<\/p>\n
In terms of the G20 itself, Lavrov\u2019s attendance will almost certainly hurt efforts to produce a unified approach on the Russia-Ukraine war, Kelly said. \u201cIt will definitely take away from the message that at least the Western members want to send.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ukraine, which is not a G20 member but was invited to attend previous such meetings, was not invited this year as U.S. officials said they made a conscious choice to only include formal members of the group.<\/p>\n
Also missing from the Atlanta invitee list is South Africa, which is embroiled in several bitter disputes with the Trump administration. South Africa chaired the G20 last year and top U.S. officials, including Trump and Rubio, shunned the meetings it hosted.<\/p>\n
The State Department said Rubio sees the event as a way \u201cto advance practical cooperation on shared economic and security challenges\u201d and his priority is for the group to seek solutions to \u201cgeopolitical crises contributing to global economic shocks.\u201d It pointed to threats to freedom of navigation, energy and food security and preserving supply chains of critical minerals.<\/p>\n
However, there is skepticism that the G20 members will be able to overcome their substantial differences.<\/p>\n
It will be less of a meeting and more of a test, said Elaine Dezenski, the head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank that is hawkish on Iran and other issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Atlanta meeting takes place within an environment of widening disagreement over the global economic order, and the right test is whether the U.S. can build cooperation with partners when all member consensus appears to be out of reach,\u201d she said during a conference call with reporters.<\/p>\n
She said the Trump administration had shown a willingness to work \u2014 and not insignificant success \u2014 outside the G20 framework to build coalitions that advance its foreign policy goals. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe meeting offers a chance to assess whether the U.S. can turn shared economic security concerns into more meaningful cooperation with partners even without the consensus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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