Nebenzia says Russia considers Friends of the World work as a signal to the West

Russia considers the work of the Friends of the World platform as a signal to the West. This was reported by Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on February 10.

According to him, the activities of the association are seen as a signal to the entire international community and, first of all, to representatives of the West on the issue of "unacceptability of one-sided, biased approaches imposed by them" regarding the conflict in Ukraine.

"We have no doubt that such a position of the members of the association is dictated by the realization that the ultimatums "peace formulas" promoted by the "collective West" take into account exclusively its interests," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

At the same time, Nebenzya noted that conferences on the Ukrainian conflict ignore the Russian Federation. He pointed to the West's goal to dilute the role of the world majority countries in resolving the situation or exclude it altogether.

In addition, he recalled China's proposal to convene an international conference with equal participation of the parties and honest discussion of options for peaceful resolution of the conflict.

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