Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected a plan for the UN Secretary Common to go to Kyiv attributable to António Guterres’s attendance at this week’s BRICS summit in Russia, a Ukrainian official stated on Friday (25 October).
Kyiv was enraged by Guterres’s look on the occasion within the metropolis of Kazan on Thursday and his handshake with its host, Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022.
Guterres – who known as for a “simply peace” in Ukraine on the BRICS occasion and has repeatedly condemned the invasion – mentioned a go to to Ukraine with Zelenskyy once they met in New York in September, Deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq stated.
Haq stated that since then the UN and Ukraine have been attempting to work out a “mutually handy time” for a go to, however that nothing had been determined.
The Ukrainian official, who requested to not be named, stated Zelenskyy had now rejected the go to due to the BRICS look, with out going into additional element.
Ukraine’s Overseas Ministry stated on Monday that Guterres’ acceptance of the invitation to attend the BRICS summit had broken the UN’s status.
Zelenskyy condemned the choice to show up. “Regardless that a few of its officers might select the temptations of Kazan over the substance of the UN Constitution, the world stays structured in such a means that the rights of countries and the norms of worldwide legislation will all the time matter,” he stated on Thursday.
Guterres has come beneath hearth from many quarters for his Moscow go to, however the EU on Tuesday defended his transfer.
EU overseas coverage spokesperson Peter Stano condemned “Russia’s misuse” of its chairmanship of the BRICS group, noting that there’s an arrest warrant for the Russian chief.
“We belief that every one contributors of the summit in Kazan will use this occasion to name on Putin as soon as once more to instantly finish the battle in opposition to the Ukrainian folks,” he stated.
The spokesperson additionally stated the EU helps UN chief Guterres, who’s attending the summit.
“We belief that he’ll reinforce the decision on Russia and on Putin to utterly and unconditionally cease the brutal aggression in opposition to the Ukrainian folks,” he stated.
The summit of BRICS nations, which ended on Friday, was aimed toward showcasing the clout of non-Western nations. Different leaders attending included Chinese language President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(Edited by Georgi Gotev)