A Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting in the US city of Atlanta got off to a rocky start on Friday after top diplomats from European nations refused to take a "family photo" along with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is hosting the gathering, decided to scrap the photo before the meeting got underway because Washington didn't want it to become a spectacle or distraction. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul told reporters before the first session on Friday that there wouldn't "be a family photo with European partners and Mr. Lavrov together because ... there is no normalcy with Russia.
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