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Rashad Alkhader
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Diplomats said, on Tuesday, that Russia will boycott, on Wednesday, a meeting of the UN Security Council with the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, in a rare move by Moscow that indicates a further deterioration in relations between it and a number of its partners in the United Nations.<\/p>\n
A Russian diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Moscow’s decision to boycott the meeting was related to the situation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
A Western diplomat told AFP he did not remember Russia boycotting a UN Security Council meeting since its forces began invading Ukraine on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n
This informal meeting is held annually between the Security Council and the Political and Security Committee of the European Union, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented it from taking place since 2019.<\/p>\n
It is assumed that the Commission of the European Union and the Council of the United Nations, during a meeting, on Wednesday, the interactions between the two organizations in the countries where they have military missions, such as Bosnia, the Central African Republic and Mali.<\/p>\n
The European Union’s Political and Security Committee is made up of ambassadors representing the 27 member states of the European Union.<\/p>\n
After the scheduled meeting in New York, these ambassadors will head to Washington to meet with US officials, according to a diplomat.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, relations between Russia and countries or groups of countries in the United Nations have been deteriorating.<\/p>\n
Russia, which remains one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, has been ousted from several UN bodies, including the Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n
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