Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering with the federal government by way of a video hyperlink on the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence exterior Moscow on March 29, 2023.
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A prime Ukrainian official on Saturday criticized the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency of the United Nations Safety Council.
“It isn’t only a disgrace. It’s one other symbolic blow to the rules-based system of worldwide relations,” Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of employees, wrote in English on Twitter.
On Saturday Russia took over the presidency of the UN’s prime safety physique, which rotates each month. The final time Moscow held the publish was in February 2022, when its troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin mentioned on Friday it deliberate to “train all its rights” within the position.
The US on Thursday urged Russia to “conduct itself professionally” when it assumes the position, saying there was no means to dam Moscow from the publish.
Ukrainian official Yermak additionally hit out at Iran, which Kyiv and its allies accuse of supplying Russia with arms, together with a whole bunch of assault drones which have menaced Ukrainian infrastructure services. Tehran denies supplying Russia with weapons.
“It is extremely telling that on the vacation of 1 terror state â Iran â one other terror state â Russia â begins to preside over the UN Safety Council,” Yermak wrote, referring to Iran’s Islamic Republic Day vacation.