United Nations, USA / Moscow. Russia told the UN Security Council on Monday that it wanted to “incite hysteria” after being accused of wanting to increase its military presence on Ukraine’s borders.
In turn, the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the Security Council that Russia would strengthen its troops on the Belarussian-Ukrainian border in the coming days.
The above takes place during a session of the UN Security Council on the crisis in Ukraine that Russia wanted to go behind closed doors.
China joined Russia to vote against an open session, while India, Gabon and Kenya abstained and supported the remaining 10 members, including Mexico, to keep the meeting open.
The Chinese alliance with Russia is growing.
Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia urged the 15 members to oppose and condemn the opening of the session, which he called “megaphone diplomacy”.
Before the meeting, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun said his government was opposed to an open meeting, explaining: “This is really the right time to call for calm diplomacy.”
During the meeting, the US Ambassador noted that Russia is mobilizing thousands of troops to the border with Belarus: “We have evidence that Russia intends to reinforce its presence with more than 30,000 troops near the Belarusian border with Ukraine, less than two hours north of Kiev by early February “.
“If Russia invades Ukraine, none of us will be able to say we did not see it coming and the consequences will be terrible.”
Mexico’s representative to the United Nations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, said that “there is no military solution for Ukraine.” The Mexican noted that Mexico’s interest is not in polarizing the environment, and called for the conflict to be resolved by the “ban on the use of force” to avoid ambiguous acts. The Mexican government’s commitment is due to the peaceful settlement of disputes.
Macron / Biden
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone for the second time in four days yesterday about tensions in Ukraine and security issues, the Kremlin said.
“The exchange of views continued on the situation around Ukraine and issues related to the provision of long-term and legally established security guarantees to Russia,” the Russian presidency said in a statement released after the call.
According to the Kremlin, Putin “again mentioned in detail the principled approaches to these problems.
The two leaders, who had already spoken on Friday, agreed to continue telephone contact, but also, according to the Kremlin, to study “the possibility” of meeting in person.
According to the French presidency, this Monday’s exchange is a continuation of Macron’s talks with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski on January 28 and is part of the logic of “de-escalation”.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx