Volodymyr Zelensky did not agree to meet with UN Secretary-General António Guterres. This information was confirmed by at least two media outlets of the presidential palace. The meeting is scheduled to take place immediately after the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, during which Guterres shook hands with the Russian dictator.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has reportedly rejected President Antonio Guterres' visit to Ukraine, AFP news agency reported, citing high-ranking sources in the presidential palace. The agency's report was also confirmed on the Ukraineska Pravda portal site.
“Mr. Kazan wanted to come to Ukraine after Mr. Kazan, but the president did not approve this visit. Therefore, Mr. Guterres did not come here, especially because of his previous contempt for common sense and international law. No,” the official said.
War in Ukraine. Mr. Zelenskyy did not want Mr. Guterres stationed in Kyiv.
The leader's refusal was a reaction to the UN Secretary-General's attendance at the BRICS summit hosted by President Vladimir Putin.
In a statement, AFP reporters claimed that the UN Secretary-General's visit would not take place because his actions “undermine international law and the importance of the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Putin.” .
The United Nations previously sought to explain in a statement that Guterres reiterated in a meeting with President Putin that “Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
Kiev did not hide its anger
Kiev has previously commented on the trip, with the local foreign ministry calling it a “bad choice that will bring us no closer to achieving peace and will only undermine the credibility of the United Nations.”
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The ministry also noted that Guterres “rejected Ukraine's invitation to the first World Peace Summit” in Switzerland, but accepted an invitation from “war criminal Putin” to Kazan.
Ukraine was not alone in its anger. “The UN Secretary-General shook hands with a murderer,” wrote Yulia Navalny, widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony.
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