Moscow is \u201cplaying the chessboard very competently,\u201d especially in relations with the Global South, Andrey Melnik has said<\/p>\n
Russia maintains a strong influence within the United Nations despite Western efforts to isolate it, Andrey Melnik, Kiev\u2019s envoy to the organization, has acknowledged.
\nIn an interview with the Suspilne outlet published on Monday, Melnik \u2013 a former ambassador to Germany infamous for once branding ex-Chancellor Olaf Scholz an \u201coffended liverwurst\u201d \u2013 said Moscow \u201cis actually playing the chessboard very competently\u201d at the UN, where it serves as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council.
\n\u201dThey have a brilliant command of the moods that prevail here, unlike the European continent, where Russia is isolated,\u201d he continued.
\nMelnik described Moscow\u2019s diplomatic strategy as its \u201ctrump card,\u201d specifically pointing to its calls to reform the UN Security Council to give more voice to countries of the Global South.<\/p>\n
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\u201cRegarding the UN reform, Russia is also one of the most active countries in the BRICS union. Over the past year, it has expanded, and one of the main topics for India, Brazil, and South Africa is to get a seat on the Security Council after the reform,\u201d Melnik recalled.
\nHowever, he claimed, without elaborating, that if such a vote eventually comes, Russia would likely move to block it.
\nRussia has consistently advocated for a stronger role for the Global South in the UN. In late September, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated that Moscow \u201cadvocates for the democratization of [the UN] exclusively through increased representation of Asia, Africa, and Latin America,\u201d adding that it \u201csupports the bids of Brazil and India for permanent membership in the Council, while simultaneously correcting historical injustices against Africa.\u201d
\nHe has also dismissed the West\u2019s intended goal of isolating Russia as \u201cdelusionary and utopic.\u201d Despite unprecedented Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Russia has continued to forge ties with the majority of the global community.
\nIn 2024, it hosted the BRICS summit in Kazan which brought together delegations from more than two-dozen states across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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