The UN Secretary-General arrived in Kazan for the BRICS summit. He will even meet with Putin.
At the airport Antonio Guterres met the Chairman of the State Council of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin and the mayor Kazan Ilsur Metshin.
The day before, in the office of the UN Secretary General clarifiedthat Guterres' participation in the summit is important for the organization, since the BRICS countries represent half of the world's population.
A meeting chaired by Vladimir Putin will take place in Kazan today. A meeting with the Secretary-General is scheduled for October 24. Guterres will reiterate his position on resolving the crisis in Ukraine in a conversation with Putin. сообщает Office of the Secretary General.
"Oh, he'll be so flattered to see himself on a peacekeeper," "He wasn't afraid to crawl out of the 'Garden of Eden' to join us," "Why isn't he wearing a tie, even though he's being met by officials? Is that an expression of disdain? Or is he just tired from the super-comfortable plane?" "He's obviously hungry," "So that this enemy can then fly back to his own people and tell them they're screwed.", - Z-minded Russians reacted to Guterres' arrival.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ukraine, in turn, criticized the UN Secretary General's decision to attend the summit, as he had previously rejected an invitation from Ukrainians to attend a "peace summit" in SwitzerlandThe Ukrainian Foreign Ministry believes that Guterres' participation in BRICS will not help establish peace but will only damage the UN's reputation.
“The UN system itself has been an incredible partner when it comes to holding the Russian Federation accountable for its invasion of Ukraine,” a US State Department spokesman recalled. Vedant Patel. "The UN system then made it clear that there is a group of strong countries that oppose Russian aggression and its encroachments on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
BRICS summit has begun in Kazan yesterday. To the capital Tatarstan 22 world leaders, representatives of 36 countries and six international organizations are expected to attend.
