Zakharova described the position of the UN Secretariat on the Ukraine crisis as biased.

MOSCOW, October 6 – RIA Novosti. Moscow considers the UN Secretariat’s stance on the referendums and that Ukraine is biased, stated Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.

On September 29, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that after the referendums the participation of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions in Russia was unacceptable – in his opinion, the plebiscites could not be considered a true expression of the will of the people. Location outside the legal framework of Ukraine and in the territory under the control of the Russian Federation.

“First of all, the Secretary-General cannot have an independent “position”, especially in territorial issues. According to the Charter, this position assumes the role of chief administrative officer of the UN. We have mentioned this in the comments of the Permanent. official representative”.

During her briefing on 5 October, Zakharova noted that UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric’s spokesperson “seems to be trying to justify himself”.

“But if you look closely, we haven’t heard anything new and encouraging. Once again, the prejudiced and unprincipled approach of the secretariat to the Ukrainian story has been confirmed. We believe that this situation needs to be changed. Do not picture the UN secretariat and its leader,” said Zakharova.

Dujarric said that Guterres made his statements on September 29 in line with the resolutions of the General Assembly. According to him, this refers to resolution 68/262, voted on in March 2014, and subsequent anti-Russian resolutions of the 11th special session of the General Assembly.

“Paradoxically, on the basis of non-consensual decisions of the General Assembly, representatives of the Secretariat forget the unanimously adopted documents of the Security Council. Such was Resolution 2202 of the Security Council, which approved the Set of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kiev “clearly violates the provisions of this document,” he said.

“In general, there is no “turn” in the rhetoric of the representatives of the UN Secretariat. All they could do was lightly “shine” the anti-Russian statements of Kiev’s most rabid supporters.”