The European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), and more than 40 countries, including Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and North Macedonia, condemned Russia's convening of a session of the United Nations Security Council to condemn the weapons to Ukraine, the EU Delegation to the UN reported.
Serbia did not join this statement condemning Russia's convening of the UN Security Council session on January 22.
The statement was published by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Sergej Kislytsa.
"We emphasize the hypocrisy of the Russian Federation in convening another meeting of the UN Security Council to criticize the legal transfer of arms to Ukraine, which is carried out in support of Ukraine's inherent right to self-defense, as reflected in Article 51 of the UN Charter. Today's meeting represents another attempt the Russian Federation to distract from its war of aggression against Ukraine and an intensified campaign of systemic airstrikes that are killing civilians and destroying critical infrastructure," the statement read.
They reiterated their firm condemnation of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, which is a clear violation of the UN Charter, and reminded that "while Ukraine is trying to defend its civilian population, the Russian Federation is killing the Ukrainian people with weapons acquired from other countries."
"We condemn continued military support for Russia's war of aggression, including from Iran, Belarus and the DPRK, and continue to appeal to all countries not to provide weapons and military equipment, including missiles and drones, or other support for Russia's war of aggression," the statement added.
They stated that this included violations of the UN arms embargo on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), enacted through a series of Security Council resolutions.
"We call on the DPRK and Russia to comply with those Security Council resolutions, and express concern that the DPRK's use of ballistic missiles provides the DPRK with valuable insights into the technical capabilities of its weapons," they said.
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