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Putin to receive UN chief in Moscow next week

KABUL (Pajhwok): Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive UN secretary-general on his arrival arrive in Moscow next week, a media report said on Saturday.

Antonio Guterres would visit Moscow on April 26 for talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

TASS news agency reported that Guterres had informed Russian and Ukrainian missions at the UN on April 19, with a request to Presidents Putin and Vladimir Zelensky for receiving him in their capitals.

The UN chief said at this time of peril, he would like to discuss urgent measures to restore peace in Ukraine and the future of multilateralism based on the UN Charter and international law.

A day earlier, Guterres had urged a four-day humanitarian pause in Ukraine starting from April 21 before Orthodox Christian Easter.

PAN Monitor/mud

 

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