{"id":2359636,"date":"2024-10-25T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-rejects-un-leaders-visit-over-trip-to-russia-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:15:39","slug":"zelensky-rejects-un-leaders-visit-over-trip-to-russia-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-rejects-un-leaders-visit-over-trip-to-russia-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky rejects UN leader\u2019s visit over trip to Russia &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-rejects-un-leaders-visit-over-trip-to-russia-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2359636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ukrainian President\u2064 Volodymyr Zelensky has declined a visit from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres following Guterres&#8217; attendance at the BRICS\u200d summit in Kazan, Russia. The summit was\u2064 hosted by Russian \u2063President Vladimir Putin and criticized due to Russia&#8217;s\u2063 ongoing war in Ukraine. Zelensky&#8217;s decision not\u2063 to confirm the visit was attributed to Guterres&#8217; meeting with Putin at the \u2064summit, which\u200b was \u2063seen as a \u200cviolation of\u2064 international law \u2064and a slight to Ukrainian sensibilities. Guterres&#8217; deputy spokesman stated that while Guterres had expressed a desire to visit\u2064 Ukraine after a prior meeting \u200dwith Zelensky, he had not received confirmation of any scheduled visit. \u200cThe BRICS alliance, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India,\u200b China, and South\u2063 Africa, aims to counterbalance Western \u2063influence\u2064 and reflects Putin&#8217;s continuing presence on \u2064the global stage despite <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">international isolation efforts related<\/a> to the \u200cwar in Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Zelensky rejects UN leader&rsquo;s visit over trip to Russia<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771254\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has rejected a visit to Ukraine by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Nations<\/a> Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in response to the latter&rsquo;s trip to Russia for a global summit earlier this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Guterres attended the BRICS summit hosted by Russia in the city of Kazan earlier this week, which led to criticism given Russia&rsquo;s war in Ukraine. Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/xi-jinping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> hosted the event, which was also attended by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, among others. Guterres and Putin met on the margins of the summit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After Kazan, (Guterres) wanted to come to Ukraine, but the president did not confirm his visit. So Guterres won&rsquo;t be here, specifically because of the humiliation of sanity and international law in Kazan,&rdquo; a source in the Ukrainian presidency told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/zelensky-rejects-un-chief-s-visit-to-kyiv-over-russia-trip-ukraine-presidency-source-d7c0bdd1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AFP<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have any confirmation of those reports,&rdquo; Guterres&rsquo;s deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;What I can tell you is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">secretary-general<\/a> had stated his willingness to travel to Ukraine when he met with President Zelensky in September.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The BRICS alliance, which stands for the original members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, was created in 2009 to counter growing Western influence. The continued growth of the alliance represents Putin&rsquo;s continued power on the international stage despite the efforts by the U.S. and the West to isolate him for the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>His trip to Russia was not well received in Ukraine even though he called for a &ldquo;just peace&rdquo; in Ukraine and said Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine was &ldquo;in violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Ukraine&rsquo;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, &ldquo;The U.N. secretary-general declined Ukraine&rsquo;s invitation to the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. He did, however, accept the invitation to Kazan from war criminal Putin. This is a wrong choice that does not advance the cause of peace. It only damages the U.N.&rsquo;s reputation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine was not the only country to question Guterres&rsquo;s visit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Antonio Guterres decides to resign, Lithuania won&rsquo;t try to talk him out of it,&rdquo; Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on X, and he also posted a photo of Guterres shaking hands with Putin.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t imagine why he decided to go,&rdquo; former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor said on CNN. &ldquo;Putin is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-truncated-travel-schedule-shows-fear-of-embarrassment-and-betrayal\/\" title=\"Putin&#039;s limited travel plans reveal apprehension and distrust.\">indicted war criminal<\/a>, and the U.N. secretary-general went to see him? This is unacceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771254\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771254\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky declines Guterres&#8217; visit after his trip to Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2359637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZELENSKYUN.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37066,4280,43736,32076,8630],"class_list":["post-2359636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-diplomatic-relations","tag-russia","tag-un-leader","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ZELENSKYUN.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}