Secret United States documents leaked in early April indicate that the Pentagon may have been eavesdropping on United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The data obtained in this way tells about the fury of the head of the UN because of the actions of the Ukrainian authorities during a visit to Kyiv in early March, writes The Washington Post..
The four reports cited by the publication contain elements of intercepted conversations between Guterres and his aides about diplomatic meetings, as well as an analysis of the Secretary General's emotions by US intelligence officials.. In particular, the data tells about the "
According to the documents, Antonio Guterres was dissatisfied with the very possibility of a visit to Kyiv in early spring for a personal meeting with the head of state..
The US report does not describe the reasons for this attitude, but an unnamed longtime UN diplomat explained that the 73-year-old secretary general was traveling on commercial flights and was then on the road for weeks on visits to other countries, and the trip to Ukraine included another long journey.. “These are not flights in a private jet where he can sleep,” the WP source said..
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After a joint briefing with Zelensky on March 8, Guterres complained to his press secretary, Stephane Dujarric, that he was "
According to aides, Zelensky did not warn the head of the UN about this event, and subsequently published photos and videos from which it followed that Guterres congratulated Ukrainian defenders - fighters " The report says: the secretary general "
Guterres probably also told Dujarric that he came to Kyiv to help, but “the Ukrainians are doing everything to eliminate us”. In an interview, the spokesman confirmed that Guterres was "
At the same time, the WP recalls that the Secretary General of the United Nations has repeatedly condemned Russia's war against Ukraine, calling it a violation of the UN Charter and international law, recognized the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state within internationally recognized borders. At the same time, according to one of the Pentagon documents, the United States believed that Antonio Guterres was undermining international campaigns to hold Russia accountable for the invasion of Ukraine..
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A spokesman for the US State Department declined to confirm the veracity of the allegations in the " According to Dujarric, the head of the UN has been in politics for a long time and is not surprised by listening to his confidential conversations, but the leak of information “unfortunately allows such private conversations to be distorted and made public”.
Earlier, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, recognizing the main points of the " In particular, the document calls on the Russian Federation to end the war and immediately completely withdraw its army from the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine..