Ukraine, others furious at UN chief for meeting Putin at BRICS summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Thursday clapped backmost astatine the determination by U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to conscionable with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected United Nations Day — a time that officially solidified the body's dedication to the promotion of bid and to "uphold planetary law."

"On this United Nations Day, it’s important to stress that the satellite indispensable not hide the goals and principles of the U.N. Charter and the crushed this enactment was created," helium said. "Even though immoderate of its officials whitethorn take the temptations of Kazan implicit the substance of the U.N. Charter, the satellite remains structured successful specified a mode that the rights of nations and the norms of planetary instrumentality volition ever matter." 

"I americium grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine successful this," Zelenskyy added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during a gathering connected the sidelines of the BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, connected Thursday. (Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via Reuters)

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Zelenskyy’s comments were successful nonstop effect to Guterres' determination to conscionable with Putin connected the sidelines of the planetary BRICS acme hosted by Russia successful Kazan.

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, and it has progressively go an confederation made up of authoritarian leaders.

Nations similar Russia, China, Iran and potentially, North Korea, agreed nether the alliance, not lone beryllium arsenic the West’s apical adversaries, they are besides each progressive successful planetary conflicts that interruption the U.N. Charter — including Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine. 

The U.N. has yet to respond to Fox News Digital’s repeated questions implicit the caput general’s determination to conscionable with Putin for the archetypal clip since 2022 amid the deadly warfare successful Ukraine. 

In effect to reporters' questions implicit the merits of the gathering with Putin, conscionable months aft Ukraine held a bid acme successful Switzerland that Guterres did not attend, U.N. lawman spokesperson Farhan Haq said, "The Secretary-General does look guardant to visiting Ukraine astatine a mutually convenient time, arsenic antecedently discussed with President Zelenskyy successful September erstwhile they met."

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, has travel nether scrutiny for hugging Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko during the BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, connected Thursday. (East2West News)

A study by AFP connected Friday suggested that Zelenskyy present has nary volition of gathering with Guterres, though Fox News Digital could not independently verify this information. 

The Guterres-Putin gathering sparked outrage crossed Ukraine, and successful a connection Friday, the Crimean Human Rights Group, which is based retired of Kyiv, argued the caput general’s determination to conscionable with Putin, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged warfare crimes relating to the amerciable deportation of children from Ukraine, "undermines" the U.N. and the ICC.

"The sojourn of the U.N. Secretary-General to Russia is not lone politically arguable but besides devalues the cardinal principles that should usher the U.N., the enactment that Mr. Guterres heads," the connection said. "This is particularly existent of Mr. Guterres’ idiosyncratic gathering with Mr. Putin."

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Sofia Manha, 4, is photographed wrong a location wherever she lives with her household aft shelling by separatist forces successful Novognativka, eastbound Ukraine, connected Feb. 20, 2022. (UNICEF)

The connection pointed to U.N. guidelines that enactment "as a wide rule, determination should beryllium nary meetings betwixt United Nations officials and persons who are the taxable of warrants of apprehension issued by the International Criminal Court". 

The guidelines further authorities that specified a gathering should lone beryllium conducted erstwhile it is "imperative" for U.N. "mandated activities."

The body called connected the ICC to request Guterres hands implicit each accusation helium obtained successful speaking with Putin, arsenic directed nether "Article 18 of the Relationship Agreement betwixt the United Nations and the ICC."

According to a read-out from the U.N. detailing Guterres’ visit, "The Secretary-General reiterated his presumption that the Russian penetration of Ukraine was successful usurpation of the United Nations Charter and planetary law."

Guterres further emphasized the U.N.’s enactment for a "just peace" successful Ukraine "in enactment with the U.N. Charter, planetary law, and [a U.N.] General Assembly resolution."  

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, speaks with Ambassador of Russia Vassily Nebenzia earlier the commencement of the Security Council gathering connected Ukraine astatine U.N. office successful New York connected Feb. 24. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

But contempt his words calling for an extremity to the war, his gathering with Putin, arsenic good arsenic his warm clasp with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko — an ardent protagonist of the Kremlin main — were a measurement excessively acold for NATO state Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.

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Landsbergis, a vocal protagonist of Ukraine, suggested the gathering signified the autumn of the apical planetary assemblage successful a message posted to X that said, "This is the UeNd." 

"If [Guterres] decides to resign, Lithuania won't effort to speech him retired of it," Landsbergis added.

Fox News Digital could not instantly scope the State Department for absorption to the gathering betwixt Guterres and Putin.