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A man sits in a chair on a breakwater overlooking the Arabian Gulf in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A vendor smiles while standing at her stall at Jomeh Bazaar, or Friday Market, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Ryan Cabral, of Dartmouth, Mass, right, and his guide Bill Wetzel fish in the surf for striped bass Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Montauk, N.Y. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Fallen leaves are pictured on car parked on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Resident Jose Ferreira laughs with instructor Julia Casas during a workshop at Pequeño Cottolengo Don Orione, a home for people with disabilities that Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit in November, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A Palestinian cotton candy vendor pushes his cart through Gaza City Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A man plays basketball at the Pournara migrant reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia area, on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Fishermen prepare their nets in the backwaters in Kakinada, India, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, a day after Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A man spends the night on the sidewalk to secure his place in line for food distribution by a religious organization in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People ride their bicycles past a bride posing for a photoshoot on her wedding day at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A cyclist rides beneath autumn-colored plane trees at Lake Baldeney in Essen, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Children play in the main square in El Balcon, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A man sits in a chair on a breakwater overlooking the Arabian Gulf in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A vendor smiles while standing at her stall at Jomeh Bazaar, or Friday Market, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Ryan Cabral, of Dartmouth, Mass, right, and his guide Bill Wetzel fish in the surf for striped bass Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Montauk, N.Y. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Fallen leaves are pictured on car parked on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Resident Jose Ferreira laughs with instructor Julia Casas during a workshop at Pequeño Cottolengo Don Orione, a home for people with disabilities that Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to visit in November, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A Palestinian cotton candy vendor pushes his cart through Gaza City Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
A man plays basketball at the Pournara migrant reception centre in Kokkinotrimithia area, on the outskirts of Nicosia, Cyprus, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
Fishermen prepare their nets in the backwaters in Kakinada, India, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, a day after Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A man spends the night on the sidewalk to secure his place in line for food distribution by a religious organization in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People ride their bicycles past a bride posing for a photoshoot on her wedding day at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A cyclist rides beneath autumn-colored plane trees at Lake Baldeney in Essen, Germany, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Children play in the main square in El Balcon, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
ATLANTA (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 20 largest world economies wrapped up two days of talks Saturday without reaching consensus on several critical global security issues after divisions, notably over Russia's war with Ukraine, overshadowed the start of the Atlanta meeting.
As a result, the group did not release a joint communique but will rather rely on a chairman’s statement summarizing the talks, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would release later Saturday.
“I wouldn’t pretend to you today that we are close to finding universally accepted solutions to these problems," Rubio told reporters at a news conference marking the end of the meetings.
“But,” he said, “I do think that among the G-20 represented here are countries that are working together to solve some of them, particularly in the realm of supply chains and critical minerals.”
Rubio had said the first day of the session was “very productive” and hosted sideline talks with his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan on Saturday before leading the final G20 event. That discussion on supply chains examined freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red, Black and South China seas.
“I made clear to our partners that secure supply chains are essential for growth,” Rubio said in a social media post on X. “Critical trade routes including the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb Strait must remain secure and open to commerce. And we must continue to strengthen and expand critical mineral supply chains to protect our future.”
At a reception for G20 participants Friday night, Rubio sounded optimistic. "Together, I think that we are mapping a vibrant, dynamic, and bold economic future, one that will pioneer new horizons for the entire world,” he said.
Rubio had opened the talks Friday with an appeal for unity, but then canceled the traditional group photo of the foreign ministers. European diplomats objected to the inclusion of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and threatened to boycott or walk out of the snapshot.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, who was representing his country for the first time as a guest at a G20 meeting, said he was not surprised by the failure to reach consensus.
“We have wars going on, and we have participants in those wars around the table, so it’s very difficult to agree on a common line,” he told reporters.
Other participants in the meetings, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the private talks, said all had agreed to try to overcome their differences despite the long odds and to work to make next month’s summit of G20 leaders hosted by President Donald Trump in Florida a success.
These diplomats said a chairman's statement had long been the plan because of the deep differences among the attendees, including over the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, U.S. tariffs and Chinese moves in the South China Sea. All have contributed to spikes in the global cost of fuel as well as uncertainty about trade.
They described the opening session as cordial but said Russia’s position on Ukraine was unyielding — as was its opposition to Poland’s membership in the G20. They said the disagreements also included the Trump administration’s decision not to invite G20 member South Africa over the objections of others.
Before the meeting began, some G20 countries had expressed concern that the U.S. invited Russia during its heightened attacks on Ukraine, especially after Trump pushed ties with Ukraine to new lows by waiving fresh sanctions on Moscow and temporarily limiting logistical and intelligence assistance.
The State Department, however, announced Friday that it had approved a proposed $2.1 billion sale of Patriot air defense interceptors for Ukraine.
Lavrov said Moscow would not allow a situation in which Ukraine poses a “military threat to legitimate security interests of the Russian Federation."
Lavrov has traveled only infrequently to NATO member states since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and resulting severe sanctions were imposed on Moscow. It is unclear whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will accept Trump’s invitation to attend the summit at Trump's Miami golf club in December.
Also hanging over the G20 meeting was the prospect of new U.S. military intervention in Iran. That has put the region, including G20 member Saudi Arabia, on edge. Rubio met on Friday with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, as well as Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, whose country has been a key mediator.
The Associated Press has reported that U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military strikes against Iran after U.S. elections Tuesday and the possibility that Iran will retaliate.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and others attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
South Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attend the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
Left to right; Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong pose for photographs in the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Erik S. Lesser/Pool Photo via AP)
Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attend the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
People view aquatic life at the aquarium next to a display screen ahead of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting Welcome Reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski attends the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio participates in a selfie during the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting Welcome Reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting Welcome Reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Megan Varner/Pool Photo via AP)
