West Forced Countries to Support UNGA Resolution Against Russia - Mission to UN
01:43 GMT 26.02.2023 (Updated: 05:08 GMT 26.02.2023)
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The West pressured countries when voting on the anti-Russia resolution at the UN General Assembly earlier this week and almost 30 states were forced to support it, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said.
On Thursday, the UNGA adopted a resolution calling on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
"Methods to achieve the results are again 'cowboy', UN colleagues from developing countries raced each other complaining to us about Westerners… asking us not to be offended," Polyanskiy wrote on Telegram.
Polyanskiy said that "almost forty minutes before the lunch break, the meeting was suddenly interrupted and continued after two hours," and during this break, "almost 30 pairs of hands were twisted.
According to Russia’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, it was the President of the UNGA, Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi, who suggested taking a break that enabled Western countries to pressure the developing states.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that the essence of the UNGA resolution is the continuation of "indiscriminate criticism unleashed in the West against Russia," and support for the criminal nationalist regime in Kiev. Zakharova said that, when promoting the resolution, the US and its allies "used their favorite methods of influencing dissenters, including blackmail and sanctions threats."
The Belarusian delegation had proposed two amendments to the resolution prior to its adoption, suggesting that the demand that Russia pull out its troops from Ukraine in its internationally recognized borders be removed and that a call for peace talks be added to the text. Minsk also suggested that the UN General Assembly urge member countries to stop sending weapons to the conflict zone.
In mid-November, the UN voted in favor of a resolution calling for the creation of a repatriation payment mechanism for damages caused by Russia in Ukraine during its special military operation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the resolution on reparations had no legal force.
The Kremlin accused Western countries of trying to steal Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves for reparations and pledged to do everything possible to return the seized assets.
The Belarusian delegation had proposed two amendments to the resolution prior to its adoption, suggesting that the demand that Russia pull out its troops from Ukraine in its internationally recognized borders be removed and that a call for peace talks be added to the text. Minsk also suggested that the UN General Assembly urge member countries to stop sending weapons to the conflict zone.
In mid-November, the UN voted in favor of a resolution calling for the creation of a repatriation payment mechanism for damages caused by Russia in Ukraine during its special military operation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the resolution on reparations had no legal force.
The Kremlin accused Western countries of trying to steal Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves for reparations and pledged to do everything possible to return the seized assets.
