Russian Foreign Ministry does not consider Guterres a serious mediator in Ukraine

Russia does not perceive UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as a mediator on Ukraine, said Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov. The reasons for this attitude to the Secretary General he did not give.

“We do not consider him in principle and did not consider him some serious intermediary,” Alimov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Ukraine will be one of the key topics at the talks of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the session of the UN General Assembly starting on September 22. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is stepping down at the end of 2026. He served two consecutive five-year terms. There are eight candidates in his place. According to the results of the secret preliminary vote, former Deputy Prime Minister of Costa Rica Rebecca Greenspan was in the lead.

Details - in the material "Kommersant" "We do not need such a general secretary.".