Biden misses G-20 family photo, White House blames 'logistical' issues

President Biden was not pictured among different satellite leaders successful the accepted "family photo" astatine the last Group of 20 acme of his presidency connected Monday.

Biden arrived on with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aft photographers had already finished with the different smiling leaders, who had been positioned connected a riser. A elder Biden authoritative said the president did not enactment due to the fact that of "logistical issues." 

"Due to logistical issues, they took the household photograph aboriginal earlier each the leaders had arrived. So a fig of leaders weren’t really determination erstwhile they took the photo," the authoritative said. 

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President Biden, left, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau get precocious for a radical photograph during the G-20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The authoritative emphasized Biden missed the photograph due to the fact that of atrocious timing, not due to the fact that helium wanted to debar taking a representation with immoderate of the U.S.' apical rivals, including Russian overseas curate Sergey Lavrov oregon Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Biden's lack near Jinping beforehand and halfway among the rows of leaders poised against bluish skies and bluish h2o successful Rio de Janeiro.

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Leaders attending the G-20 Summit airs for a radical photograph successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Lavrov stood successful the backmost row, little visible.

Biden and Trudeau arrived unneurotic astatine the designated spot for the photo, lasting and looking astir for a time. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni besides did not articulation successful the radical photo, a acceptable portion of specified summits.

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Backdropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, leaders attending the G-20 Summit airs for a radical photograph successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Notably, Biden did not get via the reddish carpet ramp utilized by different satellite leaders. Instead, helium was seen taking a crisp close crook connected his mode to the gathering, declining to usage the ramp which led to the entranceway of the building. 

The authoritative said the president did not usage the ramp "due to information concerns." 

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China's President Xi Jinping talks aft joining a radical photograph during the G-20 Summit successful Rio de Janeiro connected Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

"Several leaders from precocious menace — from countries that look precocious threats did not instrumentality the unfastened ramp and alternatively took a antithetic reddish carpet route," the authoritative said. 

The G-20 acme is simply a gathering of leaders from the world's largest economies, who conscionable to sermon efforts to combat hunger and poverty. In remarks astatine the acme Monday, Biden called connected those contiguous to summation investments successful the World Bank, supply indebtedness alleviation to struggling countries and extremity conflicts astir the satellite that person contributed to starvation, including the wars successful Ukraine and Gaza. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.