The Secretary-General of the United Nations visits Turkey before heading to Russia and Ukraine

Guterres requested to meet Putin and Zelensky in separate messages (Michael M. Santiago/Getty)

According to a statement issued by the United Nations, yesterday, Saturday, that the Secretary-General of the International Organization Antonio Guterres He will visit Ankara on Monday, then head to Moscow to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putinand then to Ukraine for talks with the president Volodymyr Zelensky.

The statement stated that the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan He will be greeted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations upon his arrival in Turkey.

Guterres’s assistant spokesman, Eri Kaneko, said in a press briefing on Friday that the secretary-general will travel to Moscow on Tuesday and meet with Putin. Ukraine.

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Also Friday, the United Nations said Guterres will meet with Zelensky on Thursday, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, and staff of UN agencies, to discuss stepping up humanitarian aid efforts.

Guterres had requested to meet the presidents of the two countries in two separate letters that were delivered to the two countries’ permanent missions to the United Nations.

(Archyde.com)

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