UN’s Antonio Guterres to visit Turkey ahead of trip to Moscow, Kyiv – National
United Nations Secretary-Normal Antonio Guterres will go to Ankara earlier than heading to Moscow subsequent week to satisfy Russian President Vladimir Putin after which to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a U.N. assertion stated on Saturday.
Guterres will go to the Turkish capital on Monday, the place he might be acquired by President Tayyip Erdogan, the assertion stated. The U.N. assist chief, Martin Griffiths, stated on April 18 that Turkey was a useful host for humanitarian talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Eri Kaneko, Guterres’ affiliate spokesperson, advised a information briefing on Friday that Guterres would head to Moscow on Tuesday and meet Putin in addition to have a working assembly and lunch with Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov, hoping to debate what could be completed to carry peace to Ukraine.
The United Nations additionally stated on Friday that Guterres would meet with Zelenskyy on Thursday, International Minister Dmytro Kuleba and workers at UN businesses to debate the scaling up of humanitarian help efforts.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)
