Contents tagged with Guterres
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Putin calls for UN Security Council reform at BRICS summit
During the BRICS summit, Russian president Vladimir Putin, in the presence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, called for increased representation of Asian, African, and Latin American countries—including those attending the event in Kazan—in the UN Security Council.
Additionally, the Russian leader argued that the rising influence of developing nations has not been adequately reflected in the governance structures of the IMF, the World Bank, and other development banks. He emphasized …
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UN Secretary-General secretly proposes sanctions relief for Russia in exchange for grain deal resumption
According to the results of an investigative report by German newspaper Bild, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a confidential letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on August 28. In the letter, Guterres proposed a significant easing of sanctions in exchange for Russia's return to the "grain deal" and the resumption of the Black Sea Initiative. Guterres' proposal consists of four specific points, as reported by Bild.
Specifically, the UN chief suggests lifting the financial …
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Ukrainian Foreign Minster: Erdogan and Guterres did not push Zelensky to make concessions to Putin
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that during the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Lviv, the President of Turkey and the UN Secretary General did not push Ukraine to make concessions to Russia.
Kuleba noted that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sincerely empathize and really want to help Ukraine find a solution.
"No one persuaded us to make concessions in Russia’s favor. If some conspiracy spread again in social …