Kyiv Says Russian UN Safety Council Presidency Is ‘Symbolic Blow’

KYIV (Reuters) – A prime Ukrainian official on Saturday criticised the ‘symbolic blow’ of Russia assuming the rotating presidency of the United Nations Safety Council.

“It is not 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 workers, 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 put up was in February 2022, when its troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin stated on Friday it deliberate to “train all its rights” within the function.

The US on Thursday urged Russia to “conduct itself professionally” when it assumes the function, saying there was no means to dam Moscow from the put up.

Ukrainian official Yermak additionally hit out at Iran, who Kyiv and its allies accuse of supplying Russia with arms, together with a whole lot of assault drones which have menaced Ukrainian infrastructure amenities. Tehran denies supplying Russia with weapons.

“It is vitally telling that on the vacation of 1 terror state – Iran – one other terror state – Russia – begins to preside over the UN Safety Council,” Yermak wrote, referring to Iran’s Islamic Republic Day vacation.

(Reporting by Max Hunder; Enhancing by Giles Elgood)

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