The UN Secretary General has arrived in Ukraine, where he will meet on Thursday with the Ukrainian President, Ukrainian Foreign Minister and UN officials.
& # 8220; I arrived in Ukraine after visiting Moscow & # 8221; Guterres wrote on Twitter.
“We will continue our work to expand humanitarian assistance and ensure the evacuation of civilians from conflict zones,” the UN Secretary-General said in a statement. .
I have arrived in Ukraine after visiting Moscow.
We will continue our work to expand humanitarian support & secure the evacuation of civilians from conflict zones.
The sooner this war ends, the better – for the sake of Ukraine, Russia, and the world.
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) April 27, 2022
Tuesday On April 26, the UN Secretary-General met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who agreed “in principle” to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, with the assistance of the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency. of the Red Cross, according to a statement from the United Nations. “Discussions will follow between the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Russian Ministry of Defense,” the statement said, following a meeting in Moscow between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin has reportedly expressed hope to Guterres that negotiations with the Ukrainian side will have a “positive outcome.” For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected a proposal by Kiev to hold peace talks in Mariupol.
