Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia during a meeting on Wednesday.
spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres conveyed this message to Russia’s U.N. 24, 1970 General Assembly declaration which has been repeatedly cited by the International Court of Justice, that “no territorial acquisition resulting from the threat or use of force shall be recognized as legal.” U.N. Guterres said “the so-called `referenda’” can’t be called “a genuine expression of the popular will” because they were conducted during armed conflict in areas under Russian occupation, and outside Ukraine’s legal and constitutional framework. The Kremlin announced that a ceremony will be held Friday to launch the process of annexing the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In unusually strong and blunt language, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Thursday that any annexation “stands against everything the international community is meant to stand for,” and “must not be accepted.” UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations chief says Russia’s planned annexation of four Ukrainian regions will be a “dangerous escalation” that flouts the U.N. NATO-member Turkey has retaining its close ties with both Moscow and Kyiv. The deal is scheduled to expire in November.
will support Ukraine “for as long as it takes” and that it would continue to assist the country, along with its allies, “in its fight to defend its territory against Russian aggression.”ĪNKARA, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “give negotiations another chance” and to take steps aimed at reducing tensions and leading to “more positive developments.Ī statement from Erdogan’s office said Thursday that the Turkish leader renewed an offer to Putin during a telephone conversation for Turkey to act as a mediator between Moscow and Kyiv.Įrdogan also called for the extension of a UN and Turkish-negotiated deal that allows Ukraine to export millions of tons of grain through the Black Sea. He reiterated President Joe Biden’s pledge that the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Thursday the referendums in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia don’t reflect the will of the people and are an illegitimate spectacle carried out by Russia’s “proxies” in violation of international law.īlinken said the referendums on joining Russia are “an affront to the principles of international peace and security” and accused Moscow of compelling Ukrainian citizens who didn’t flee to “cast ballots at gunpoint, in fear of their safety and the safety of their loved ones.”
top diplomat says Washington will never recognize Russia’s planned annexation of Ukrainian territory or the legitimacy of the Moscow-orchestrated referendums that amount to a “further attempt at a land grab.”
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