BRICS summit 2024: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry on Monday (October 21) criticized UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for accepting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to the BRICS Summit 2024. While staying away from the peace summit on the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a post on the X social media platform. “The UN Secretary-General rejected Ukraine’s invitation to the first global peace summit in Switzerland. However, he accepted the invitation of war criminal Putin. This is a wrong choice, which does not advance the cause of peace “This only harms the reputation of the United Nations.”

The UN Secretary General declined Ukraine’s invitation to the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. He did, however, accept the invitation to Kazan from war criminal Putin. This is a wrong choice that does not advance the cause of peace. It only damages the UN’s reputation.

— MFA of Ukraine (@MFA_Ukraine) October 21, 2024

Russia is hosting BRICS summit
Putin is hosting the summit of BRICS countries in the Russian city of Kazan from Tuesday (October 22). The purpose of which is to demonstrate the strength of non-western countries. Among the participating leaders were Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Indian Prime Minister. Narendra Modi Are included. Earlier this month, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Guterres had told Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN General Assembly last month that he wished to go to the summit of the BRICS countries. When UN Deputy Spokesperson Farham Haq was asked on Monday (21 October) whether Guterres would participate in it. So he said. “His upcoming visits will be announced later.

Peace summit organized in Switzerland
In June this year, a peace summit was organized in Bergenstock, Switzerland on June 15-16, 2024, in which leaders of more than 90 countries were present under one roof. Where everyone unanimously condemned Russia’s attack on Crane and called for an end to the conflict. However, Russia was not invited and it was rejected as meaningless. At the same time, Guterres had said that he would not attend the meeting organized by the Swiss. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he wants to hold a second summit by the end of the year. But Russia has said that it has no intention of participating in it.

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