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.