Ukraine blasts UN chief over potential meeting with Putin at BRICS, says stayed away from Kyiv's peace summit

Ukraine connected Monday blasted United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres for allegedly accepting an invitation to conscionable with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week during the planetary BRICS summit.

Fox News Digital could not instantly scope the U.N. for remark connected the meeting, but the Ukrainian overseas ministry took to X to dependable their displeasure with the expected meeting, which is acceptable for Thursday and was archetypal announced by Russian statesmanlike adjutant Yury Ushakov, according to aggregate reports.  

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin astatine the Libya acme successful Berlin, Germany, Jan. 19, 2020. (Reuters/Axel Schmidt)

"The U.N. Secretary General declined Ukraine's invitation to the archetypal Global Peace Summit successful Switzerland. He did, however, judge the invitation to Kazan from warfare transgression Putin," the Ukrainian overseas ministry said.

"This is simply a incorrect prime that does not beforehand the origin of peace," the ministry added. "It lone damages the U.N.'s reputation."

The U.N. has not confirmed the gathering and successful effect to questions connected Monday from reporters, lawman spokesperson for the secretary-general Farhan Haq said, "Announcements connected his aboriginal travels volition beryllium aboriginal connected down the line."

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The gathering volition beryllium the archetypal betwixt Putin and Guterres successful implicit 2 years amid the Kremlin’s amerciable warfare successful Ukraine, and volition hap connected the sidelines of the BRICS summit, which is being hosted by Russia successful its southwestern metropolis of Kazan, immoderate 500 miles eastbound of Moscow. 

BRICS, which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is an intergovernmental assemblage that was established successful 2009 to antagonistic Western power and bolster economical partnerships. The bloc has expanded to see different 5 nations, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a gathering connected the sidelines of the BRICS Summit successful Kazan, Russia, connected Oct. 22, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)

The 10 BRICS countries present marque up implicit a 4th of the planetary system and astir fractional of the world’s population, according to the Council connected Foreign Relations. 

Delegates from different 2 twelve countries volition besides beryllium successful attendance this week, with galore nations looking to articulation the bloc arsenic well, including NATO state Turkey, which petitioned for rank past month.

Leaders from 22 nations are acceptable to be the league and Putin is reportedly scheduled to conscionable with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping connected Tuesday, followed by Wednesday meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, confirmed Reuters.

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The gathering betwixt Putin and Erdoğan is expected to beryllium intimately monitored by Western nations, which person grown progressively weary of Turkey arsenic its person has looked to broaden ties with Moscow amid the warfare successful Ukraine contempt NATO’s fervent condemnation of the invasion. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a gathering with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa astatine the BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, connected Oct. 22, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool via Reuters)

Reports person suggested Turkey is looking to present articulation the BRICS concern – which is progressively dominated by apical NATO adversaries similar Russia, China and Iran, with a imaginable North Korea membership connected the skyline – owed to its vexation implicit the refusal by the European Union to assistance Ankara membership. 

Though not each satellite leaders attending the acme this week look arsenic ambivalent toward Western ties arsenic some, including Modi who has attempted to toed the geopolitical enactment erstwhile it comes to India’s presumption implicit the arguable warfare successful Ukraine.

Modi reportedly spoke with Putin up of the acme and reiterated that India was acceptable to spot an extremity to the brutal warfare done "peaceful means."

Though New Delhi remains the world’s largest purchaser of Russian arms, Modi traveled successful August to Ukraine, wherever helium met with President Volodymyr Zelenksyy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine the BRICS Summit successful Kazan, Oct. 22, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)

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Not each BRICS leaders volition be the summit. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva connected Sunday canceled his travel to Kazan astatine the proposal of aesculapian officials pursuing an wounded astatine location that resulted successful a insignificant encephalon hemorrhage, reported Reuters. 

Lula da Silva is present expected to be the acme by video conference. 

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel also reportedly bowed out implicit aesculapian reasons related to "serious vigor levels."