UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres intends to discuss the ceasefire and assistance to the population of Ukraine during his visits to Moscow and Kiev
Antonio Gutteris
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres intends to discuss a ceasefire and assistance to Ukrainians in need during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, Guterres’ spokesman Farhan Haq said during a briefing.
“He [UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres] wants to have a clear conversation with the leaders of both countries and see what progress we can make. Ultimately, our goal is a cease-fire and improvement of the situation of people in Ukraine,” he said.
Guterres will arrive in Moscow on April 26 for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after which the UN Secretary General will be received by President Vladimir Putin, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said.
On April 28, the UN Secretary General will travel to Kiev, where he will meet with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
In both cases, the UN Secretary-General initiated the negotiations. Guterres wants to discuss “urgent steps aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, as well as prospects for the principle of multilateralism in international relations based on the UN Charter and international law,” his representative Stephane Dujarric said earlier.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special operation on “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine on February 24. In response, the Ukrainian authorities severed diplomatic relations with Moscow, and also declared martial law and general mobilization.
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At the end of March, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the fulfillment of key tasks in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions and announced the regrouping of troops. Then Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the main goal of the operation “the complete liberation of Donbass”. In mid-April, he reported to President Putin about the capture of Mariupol, which had been blocked almost from the very beginning of the special operation.
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