THE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres In a letter sent to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, on Tuesday, he requested that he be received in Moscow and Kyiv, his spokesman Stefan Duzarik said today.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24the UN has been marginalized, among other things, because of the rift caused by the Security Council, whose permanent members are Russia, France, Britain, the United States and China.
“At this time of great danger, in terms of consequences, it wants to discuss urgent measures to restore peace in Ukraine and the future of a multilateral approach based on the UN Charter and international law.”clarified the representative.
“Ukraine and the Russian Federation are founding members of the United Nations and have always been staunch supporters of the United Nations,” Guterres said.
With these letters, he submitted in the diplomatic missions of Russia and Ukraine At the UN, the Secretary-General is trying to take the initiative to restart the dialogue in order to find a solution to the war. So far, Guterres has had little contact with the Ukrainian president, with whom he spoke once by telephone on February 26.
After all, after Guterres stated that Russia had violated him UN Charter invading Ukraine, the Russian president for his part denies any contact with him.
On Tuesday, Guterres condemned the new Russian military operation in eastern Ukraine and called on both sides to stop fighting for four days, on the occasion of Orthodox Easter.
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