Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting in Kazan this week with the leaders of more than two dozen countries representing about half of the world’s population, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. About this informs British newspaper Telegraph.
This event was a big disappointment for those who expected the international isolation of the Russian Federation due to its war crimes and invasion of Ukraine. The fact of the presence of the UN Secretary General is especially outrageous, because the United Nations previously condemned Moscow’s actions as illegal and called for an immediate end to the aggression, the publication notes.
Other guests will include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country, despite being a member of NATO, shows support for the Kremlin.
The Telegraph notes that this summit will be Russia’s largest international event since its invasion of Ukraine. Putin will try to use the event to demonstrate that the West’s attempts to isolate Moscow have failed. Despite a warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court, Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Brazil, but the international leaders themselves are coming to see him, which he is likely to see as a diplomatic achievement.
In the context of this event, it is important to note that Israel declared UN Secretary General António Guterres persona non grata due to his failure to unequivocally condemn Iran’s aggression against Israel. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel stressed that those who cannot clearly express their position on the attacks do not deserve to be on Israeli soil.
