South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday opened the two-day G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa, where he called for multilateralism and the application of international law in resolving world crises.

This after some countries allegedly opted not to take a group photo alongside Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, at a G20 event at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Soweto.

Foreign ministers and senior diplomats from leading rich and developing countries focused on global conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, on the last day of their meeting in South Africa.