10月30日 —— 据报道，俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫周五表示，邀请波兰出席G20会议适得其反，且违背了此类聚会寻求共识的外交惯例。
Oct 30 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Friday that inviting Poland to attend G20 meetings was counter-productive and broke with diplomatic practice of seeking consensus at such gatherings.
波兰外长拉多斯瓦夫·西科尔斯基在亚特兰大告诉记者，美国已提出动议让波兰成为G20永久成员，华沙正在为此游说。
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Atlanta that the US had made a motion to make Poland a permanent G20 member and Warsaw was lobbying for that.
据俄罗斯通讯社报道，拉夫罗夫在亚特兰大G20外长会议间隙对记者说：“当然，这违反了外交原则，特别是多边外交原则，当G20等协会的成员在共识基础上工作时。”他说：“这涉及议程，也涉及邀请新参与者。”拉夫罗夫称，波兰“给会议增添不了任何东西”。他说，华沙因经济规模不够大，不具备出席会议的资格。
"Of course, this violates the principles of diplomacy, and especially multilateral diplomacy, when members of associations such as the G20 work on the basis of consensus," Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of a G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, according to Russian news agencies. "This concerns the agenda and it concerns extending invitations to new participants," he said. Poland, Lavrov said, "adds nothing" to the meeting. He said Warsaw failed to qualify for attendance at the meeting as its economy was not big enough.
而且将其描述为“东欧”代表是错误的，因为北约和欧盟已有充分代表。
And its description as a representative of "eastern Europe" was erroneous as there was already sufficient representation from NATO and the European Union.
拉夫罗夫表示，在波兰受邀出席亚特兰大会议一事上，俄罗斯未受到任何施压。
Lavrov said Russia had been subjected to no pressure in terms of Poland being invited to the Atlanta meeting.
拉夫罗夫被引述说：“美国人只是邀请了波兰部长，他来了，坐在为他提供的椅子上。”
"The Americans simply invited the Polish minister, he came and sat in the chair that was provided for him," Lavrov was quoted as saying.
西科尔斯基在对记者的评论中，还呼吁在黑海迅速实现停火，以允许乌克兰和俄罗斯的粮食运输安全通行。
Sikorski, in his comments to reporters, also called for a rapid ceasefire in the Black Sea that would allow safe passage for grain shipments from both Ukraine and Russia.