UN invites Russia and Ukraine to hold meeting

NEW YORK, 19 April 2022, (TON): A briefing by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths stated “UN invites representatives of Russia and Ukraine to hold a meeting to discuss humanitarian issues.”

He said “in particular, I suggested that both sides come to an agreement that both sides, representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, would meet under the auspices of the UN in a virtual or personal format to discuss humanitarian issues, especially their military component, possibly a truce, its monitoring , safe corridors, humanitarian priorities.”

Griffiths will travel to Turkey this week to discuss the situation in Ukraine with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Griffiths said “I am going to Turkey this week where I will meet with President Erdogan, who spoke with the UN Secretary General, to further talk on some ideas.”

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