A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary-General António Guterres has kicked off in Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.
Guterres has come to Russia for the first time since 2022. As his office reported on the eve of his visit to the forum in Kazan, the UN Secretary-General plans to reiterate his position on the settlement of the Ukraine crisis based on the UN Charter during his meeting with Putin. In addition, Guterres intends to continue efforts to restore safe navigation in the Black Sea.
Another topic of discussion will be UN reform. Putin has already addressed this issue during the Outreach/BRICS+ format meeting. The Russian President noted that reforming the UN’s development institutions and global financial structures is long overdue. Putin emphasized that the UN remains the only universal international organization today.
October 24 marks UN Day, commemorating the anniversary of the organization’s charter coming into force in 1945. Putin called it symbolic that the BRICS summit was held on this day.
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