USA will go to Poland in the G20, Lavrov attacks hard: "It brings nothing"

The US is bringing Poland into the G20, Lavrov attacks: "It brings nothing" Poland's invitation to the G20 meetings violates diplomatic norms, stated the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. The Russian minister reacted after the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, told reporters in Atlanta that the US has advanced a motion for Poland to become a permanent member of the G20, and Warsaw is lobbying in this direction, according to Reuters. In his statements, Sikorski also requested a rapid armistice in the Black Sea to allow the safe transport of grain loads from both Ukraine and Russia. "Of course, this violates the principles of diplomacy, and especially multilateral diplomacy, in which the members of associations such as the G20 act on the basis of consensus," Lavrov said on the sidelines of a meeting of the foreign ministers of the group that unites the world's largest economies. "It is about the agenda and about sending invitations to us participants," the Russian official said, adding that Poland "brings nothing" to the meeting. He also said that Warsaw does not meet the necessary conditions for participation because its economy is not large enough. Furthermore, Lavrov affirmed that the description of Poland as a representative of "Eastern Europe" is erroneous, considering that the region already has sufficient representation through NATO and the European Union. The Russian minister also stated that his country has not been subjected to any pressure regarding Poland's presence at the meeting. "The Americans simply invited the Polish minister; he came and sat in the seat that was provided to him," Lavrov also affirmed.