UNITED NATIONS, November 1. /TASS/. Russia has prevented the adoption of the British presidency’s agenda at the UN Security Council because the proposal called for a meeting on Ukraine, said Russia’s first deputy envoy to the UN, Dmitriy Polyansky.

“There are questions from the media about why we did not allow the work program of the British presidency of the UN Security Council to be approved in November. Let me explain: we did it because its draft initially included a meeting on Ukraine. We believe that the program should contain meetings in accordance with the reporting cycle of the Security Council mandate (mandate renewals, reports of the UN Secretary General, etc. Ukraine is not one of these topics, of course, during each presidency there). There will be pressing issues and situations that will have to be discussed by the members of the Security Council. We have no objection to this and we never question requests for meetings on Ukrainian issues. On the contrary, we request some of our own, as we believe is necessary. consider the aspects of the Ukrainian crisis that Western countries try to avoid,” the diplomat wrote on Telegram.

The United Kingdom assumed the rotating presidency of the UN on November 1.

“The work program is a purely informal way of informing UN members, journalists and other interested parties about upcoming events,” Polyansky said.

A meeting is only considered agreed upon on the day it is held, when the Security Council approves the agenda.

“It’s been a year since we blocked the work programs of the presidencies of the United States and Albania for 2023 for the same reason, since the members of the Security Council did not include meetings on Ukraine in their programs. And everything was agreed normally. Without However, this time the arrogant British decided to do it as a matter of principle. So be it: they were left without a program! This is what happens when a Security Council presidency tries to impose its priorities on other Security Council members! “he continued saying.

The UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on November 18 will be one of the key events of the UK presidency, UK envoy to the UN Barbara Woodward previously said at a press conference at the headquarters. of the UN. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy is expected to attend the meeting.