The United States has called for a Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
The US envoy to the United Nations has announced that the US has called for a public meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine on Monday.
Following US tensions with Russia over Ukraine and efforts to unite other Western countries against Moscow, Washington requested a Security Council meeting.
Al-Jazeera quoted UN-based diplomats as saying that the United States had called for a public meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine on Monday.
“Today, after weeks of careful consultation with Ukraine and our Security Council partners, the United States calls for a public Security Council meeting to discuss an issue with the United States,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US envoy to the United Nations. Became vital to international peace and security; “Russia’s threatening behavior against Ukraine and the accumulation of Russian forces on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.”
“More than 100,000 Russian troops have been deployed on the Ukrainian border, and Russia is conducting other destabilizing measures against Ukraine, which are a public threat to international peace and security and the Charter of the United Nations,” the statement said. . “Just as we pursue the path of diplomacy to de-escalate tensions in response to a serious threat to the security and peace of Europe and the world, the Security Council is a vital path for diplomacy.”
“The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Ukraine, that it monitor Russia’s compliance with” the steps required by the IAEA Board “. ».
“Now is not the time to wait and watch,” Greenfield concluded. “The full attention of the council is needed now, and we look forward to a frank and purposeful debate on Monday.”
About two months ago, the American media began spying on the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, escalating tensions in Eastern Europe. Russia has strongly denied the allegations, but insisted that continued artillery fire by Ukrainian forces against the Russian-speaking Autonomous Region would provoke a Moscow backlash.
