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Polyansky commented on the statements of the UN Secretary General on referendums

Ukraine, Conflict in Donbass (bbabo.net), - Russia regrets that UN Secretary General António Guterres decided to play a role in influencing the position of UN countries before the General Assembly discusses the topic of referendums held in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions , Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, wrote on his Twitter.

"We regret that the Secretary General decided to play a role in influencing the position of UN member states in anticipation of the expected initiation by Western countries of the discussion of the issue of referendums in the General Assembly," Polyansky wrote.

As expected on Friday or early next week, the United States and Albania will put to their draft resolution condemning the referendums. Russia will veto it. Then, according to the rules, the issue will be moved to the General Assembly for discussion.

On Thursday, the UN Secretary General said that the referendums "cannot be accepted" and the annexation of regions to Russia is not in accordance with international law.

Polyansky commented on the statements of the UN Secretary General on referendums