On March 14, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a discussion on developments in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Panorama of the UN General Assembly voting session to adopt a resolution calling for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in New York (USA) on February 23, 2023. Illustration photo: AFP/TTXVN
At the UN, this open meeting took place at the request of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN and was attended by a number of media representatives from Russia and Ukraine.
Opening the meeting, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said that Moscow proposed the discussion because of the threat to international peace and security posed by false information related to Russia. The representative of the Russian delegation stressed that a lasting and sustainable peace in Europe cannot be built on such false information.
Meanwhile, the representative of Mozambique, which holds the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March, warned that the use of inflammatory language by the parties would only escalate the current conflict and make the prospects for peace even more tenuous. For its part, the delegation of Malta expressed concern at the seriousness of the conflict and called for an end to the current tension.
Chinese Deputy Head of the Delegation Geng Shuang called on the international community to end prejudice, stressing that all parties can build "a new international relations environment based on mutual respect, fairness and win-win cooperation." He affirmed that the Chinese government is willing to play a positive role in easing the conflict in Ukraine, urging the international community to support the peaceful resolution of the conflict.
According to VNA