The UN Secretary General rejected Russia’s attempts to justify the occupation of Crimea and Donbas

GUTTERRES, PHOTO: PEACEKEEPING.UN.ORG

Against the background of reports about the Russian Federation’s appeal to the UN with a request for “self-determination” for Crimea and Donbas, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that this principle cannot be applied to these territories, and the principle of territorial integrity of Ukraine is decisive.

Source: correspondent of “Ukrinform” with reference to the words of Guterres during the press conference in New York

Details: Answering the question of a Russian journalist, whether the UN can consider Crimea and Donbas in the context of the right to self-determination, Guterres stated that international law is based on two key principles – territorial integrity of states and self-determination of peoples.

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However, he emphasized that self-determination is applied only if the necessary conditions are met.

Direct speech: “We came to the conclusion that the principle of self-determination cannot be applied to Crimea and Donbas, so in this situation the principle of territorial integrity of Ukraine prevails.”

Details: Earlier, in an interview with the Turkish media, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, said that the Russian Federation appealed to the UN with a request to recognize the “right” of the residents of Donbass and Crimea to self-determination.

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