He met Guterres in Kazan Vladimir Putin With the Russian President and shook hands with him, which angered Ukraine.
In the summer, Guterres did not accept Kiev's invitation to attend the World Peace Summit in Switzerland.
After Kazan, Guterres wanted to come to Ukraine, but the president did not confirm his visit. So Guterres will not be here, precisely because of the humiliation of common sense and international law in Kazan
The source told AFP.
The handshake between Guterres and Putin at the Kazan meeting sparked anger among Ukrainian officials and some Western officials.
Who expressed their dissatisfaction on social media.
The visit of the Secretary-General of the United Nations coincided with news of the deployment of North Korean forces in the Kursk region of Russia, where they are expected to be sent to fight in Ukraine.
According to the United Nations statement, Guterres stressed during his meeting with Putin that the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine violates the United Nations Charter and international law.
In his speech on October 24, President Zelensky, although not naming him, referred to the issue:
Although some officials prefer the Kazan temptations to the content of the UN Charter, our world is structured in such a way that the rights of nations and the rules of international law matter and will continue to matter.
At the summit held in Kazan, in which Putin partly wanted to signal that Russia was not isolated in the world, he participated among others. Xi Jinping Chinese President W Narendra Modi And also the Prime Minister of India.
Front page photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres serves Tatar national food at Kazan Airport on October 23, 2024. MTI/EPA/ brics-russia2024.ru/Aleksei Filippov
