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At a UN climate meeting in Paris, the head of the delegation, Oleg Anisimov, spoke out once morest the war in Ukraine. Although the apology only expresses his personal opinion, Anisimov is likely to take a considerable risk with the statement.
At the same time, he reminded that this is his personal opinion and should not be taken as an official statement.
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Despite this, many delegates and political observers praise Anisimov for his courage.
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Oleg Anisimov apologized “on behalf of all Russians for the inability to prevent the conflict.”
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In addition, the head of the Russian delegation at the climate meeting in Paris expressed his “tremendous admiration” for the Ukrainian delegation.
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At the same time, Russia continues to prohibit the media in the country from talking regarding a war.
The head of the Russian delegation at a UN climate meeting in Paris has reportedly apologized for Russia’s major attack on Ukraine. After an impassioned statement from his Ukrainian colleague on the situation in her country, Oleg Anisimov surprisingly declared that he wanted to “apologize on behalf of all Russians for the inability to prevent this conflict,” three sources reported following the final meeting of the 195 member states of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Sunday the news agency AFP.
«Huge admiration for Ukrainian delegation»
“Those who see what is happening cannot find any justification for this attack on Ukraine,” the three sources quoted the English-language translation of Anisimov’s speech. Accordingly, he also expressed his “enormous admiration” for the Ukrainian delegation.
The Russian head of delegation had spoken in Russian at the online conference of IPCC countries and AFP did not have access to his original contribution. When asked by AFP, Anisimov made it clear that his words should not be understood as an “official statement by the Russian delegation”. Rather, “they express my personal opinion and attitude”.
“A personal risk” taken
Delegates and observers were clearly impressed by Anisimov’s contribution, as reported by half a dozen witnesses. “He knows he’s taking a personal risk, it was a very sincere message,” one participant told AFP.
The 195 IPCC member states spent two weeks summarizing the second part of the IPCC report, which deals with the serious consequences of climate change for humans and nature. The almost 4,000-page report is to be published on Monday.
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(DPA / from)
