The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting is intended to set the stage for the G20 Leaders’ Summit, to be held at Donald Trump’s Miami resort, the Trump National Doral Miami.
In addition to the 21 members, leaders from 13 foreign countries have been invited to attend the Florida meeting, planned for December 14 and 15.
Marco Rubio, leading the plenary, said Poland was invited as a “full participant” and urged representatives to set a “solid foundation of aligned commitment” for the Leaders’ Summit.
But the Russian Foreign Minister said Poland’s inclusion “violates the principle of diplomacy”.
Meanwhile, South Africa, a G20 member, has been banned from attending the Leaders’ Summit over farm attacks on white Afrikaners, which Mr Trump has previously labelled a “genocide”.
