UN Secretary-General calls for an end to the conflict in Ukraine

“The time has come to end this conflict (in Ukraine),” Guterres told reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York. He stressed the need to resolve conflicts by peaceful means.

The UN Secretary-General made the above call in the context that Russia and Ukraine are conducting online discussions regarding Ukraine’s neutrality status after many rounds of face-to-face negotiations taking place in the border area between the two countries. Belarus and Ukraine. So far, Russia and Ukraine have not reached an agreement on any specific issue.

On March 21, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that all issues will be discussed if Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiate directly to end the conflict. Meanwhile, the Kremlin on March 23 expressed its desire for the ongoing negotiations to become “more active and substantive”.