Original title: The G20 dinner has many details: the leaders of the United States, Britain and France sat far away, and thousands of people protested outside the venue
Source: JiMu News
On the evening of Saturday, October 30th, local time, after the G20 summit in Rome, Italian President Sergio Mattarella hosted a banquet to receive leaders of the participating countries. There are a lot of details about this dinner, which are frequently interpreted by foreign media.
Dinner seating arrangements have been painstakingly thoughtful
According to the British “Daily Mail” report, Italian President Mattarella hosted other leaders at the Quirinale Palace in Rome in the 16th century, and wished the Glasgow Cop26 climate summit a success starting the next day.
Leaders of various countries sat around a huge table. Their dinner menu included salted salmon, pumpkin and white truffle risotto, sea bass and orange cream dessert, and they also enjoyed salmon and sea bass.
The organizers have tried their best to arrange the seats for this dinner, because some of the leaders participating in the meeting are not so friendly.
The seating arrangement for the dinner party took a lot of thoughtThe first is between British Prime Minister Johnson and French President Macron. Because Britain and France have just left the conflict over the issue of fishing licenses after Brexit, the relationship between the two countries is at a time of high tension.
In addition, France, the United States, Britain, and Australia are also very unhappy because of the “AUkUS” alliance and the multi-billion-dollar submarine deal.
It can be seen from the picture that Macron sitting in the middle of the left side of the dining table is far away from British Prime Minister Johnson (bottom left corner of the dining table) and Biden (center above the dining table) and Prince Charles (middle right of the dining table), but The “Daily Mail” pointed out that “Macron and Biden’s seating arrangements show that the United States and France have repaired the damage to the relationship caused by the submarine deal.”
When the French and Australian leaders meet, their eyes tell everything
Since the “submarine storm” occurred, the first meeting of the leaders of France and Australia also appeared at this G20 summit.
According to a report by Overseas Network citing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the 31st, Australian Prime Minister Morrison, who is attending the G20 summit in Rome, said that he took the initiative to talk with Macron during the summit and said the other party was “very happy.” However, after the live photos were released, many netizens pointed out that Macron’s eyes were full of disdain and distrust.
The report also said that although Morrison emphasized that Macron was “very happy” to greet each other. But many netizens complained, “Macron’s body language is obviously saying that he doesn’t like the person opposite, and there is no smile in his eyes.”
Some netizens criticized: “Where is Morrison’s mask? Wearing a mask also respects and protects others.”
G20 show provokes dissatisfaction, thousands of people protest on the street
At the G20 meeting, the countries are not in harmony, and there is no stop outside the meeting.
The G20 summit is held before the global Cop26 climate summit, and climate and environmental issues are also an important topic of this meeting.
The host, Italy, is pushing the G20 to jointly support the United Nations’ goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than before industrialization, which is also one of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreements.
During the protest, a demonstrator wore a mask of deathHowever, the local people did not seem to buy it. Earlier in the day, thousands of climate-related protesters (many of whom were young people) gathered in the city center, demanding harsher action by governments, not just verbal shows.
Climate activist Simone Fichkia told AFP: “We ask the G20 leaders to stop playing family shows. We hope that they will eventually listen to the opinions of the people and take practical actions for the climate, just as scientists have been doing this for many years. As required.”
The orderly police will “please go” Fichkia.