The Kiev government is outraged by remarks made by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about the crucial role Russia can play in ending conflicts, and no longer believes he has any moral authority, Ukraine’s U.N. envoy said on Thursday.
Ban’s prepared speech for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum said Russia “has a critical role to play … in addressing other pressing global issues, from ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, to safeguarding human rights and controlling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”
The delivered version was slightly different. It did not mention Ukraine but said Moscow “has a very …read more
Source: Newsweek
