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Zelenskiy says Russian UN Security Council presidency is absurd

Zelenskiy says Russian UN Security Council presidency is absurd

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday stated it was absurd Russia had assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, including this confirmed the establishment’s “total bankruptcy”.

On Saturday Russia took over the presidency of the U.N.’s prime safety physique, which rotates each month. The final time Moscow held the submit was in February 2022, when its troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“Unfortunately, we … have some obviously absurd and destructive news,” Zelenskiy stated in a night video handle, including that Russian shelling had killed a five-month-old boy on Friday.

“And at the same time Russia is chairing the U.N. Security Council. It’s hard to imagine anything that proves more the total bankruptcy of such institutions,” he stated.

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

The United States on Thursday urged Russia to “conduct itself professionally” when it assumes the position, saying there was no means to dam Moscow from the submit.

Zelenskiy stated it was time for a normal overhaul of world establishments, together with the Security Council.

“Reform is obviously necessary to prevent a terrorist state – and any other state that wants to be a terrorist – from destroying the peace,” he stated.

Earlier, Zelenskiy advisor Andriy Yermak additionally hit out at Iran, which Kyiv and its allies accuse of supplying Russia with arms. Tehran denies it’s giving weapons to Russia.

“It is very telling that on the holiday of one terror state – Iran – another terror state – Russia – begins to preside over the U.N. Security Council,” Yermak wrote on Twitter, referring to Iran’s Islamic Republic Day vacation.

Source: www.anews.com.tr