All members of the UN Security Council except Ukraine paid tribute to the memory of Churkin
All delegations of the UN Security Council member countries except Ukraine paid tribute to the memory of the deceased Russian permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin. Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the VF, told reporters about this today.
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“On February 20, the UN General Assembly honored the memory of Vitaly Churkin with a minute of silence. On February 21, the first part of the open meeting of the UN Security Council was dedicated to his memory, during which all members of the Security Council spoke with the exception of the Ukrainian delegation,” Zakharova said.
According to her, a meeting of the UN General Assembly dedicated to the late Russian permanent representative will be held soon. A book of condolences has been opened at the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN. The first entries in it were made by the ambassadors of the CIS countries and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Funeral events in Moscow are planned for February 24.
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