Pentagon leaks suggest UN boss too ‘accommodating’ to Russia
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Pentagon leaks suggest UN boss António Guterres too ‘accommodating’ to Russia's interests
Pentagon leaks suggest UN boss António Guterres too ‘accommodating’ to Russia’s interests.
According to recent revelations in classified documents that were leaked online, the US government believes that the UN Secretary-General is overly accommodating to Russian interests.
The files suggest Washington has been closely monitoring Antonio Guterres.
In several documents, Mr. Guterres and his deputy are mentioned in private discussions.
It is the latest from a leak of secret documents, which US officials are scrambling to get to the bottom of.
In the documents, Mr. Guterres makes candid observations about the conflict in Ukraine and a number of African leaders.
The report emerged as the Kremlin warned on Wednesday that the outlook for extending the deal beyond 18 May was “not so great” because Russia’s own such exports still faced obstacles.
“No deal can stand on one leg: It must stand on two legs,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. “In this regard, of course, judging by the state of play today, the outlook [for its extension] is not so great.”
The export deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey in July last year to help tackle a global food crisis that UN officials said had been worsened by the Ukraine conflict. Last month, Russia agreed to renew the deal for only about 60 days, half the minimum period.
The Pentagon leaks, which appear to describe private conversations between the UN chief and his deputy, show that Guterres, was keen to preserve the deal, even if that meant accommodating Russian interests, the BBC reported.
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“Guterres emphasized his efforts to improve Russia’s ability to export,” the document says, “even if that involves sanctioned Russian entities or individuals.”
Guterres’ approach was “undermining broader efforts to hold Moscow accountable for its actions in Ukraine”, one document reportedly said.
Another document from February claims Guterres expressed “dismay” at a call by the EU Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, for Europe to produce more weapons and ammunition.
The US has been scrambling to identify how the Pentagon leaks originated, since their emergence on gaming forums.
The documents are as yet unverified but the Pentagon has said this week that some of them “appear to contain sensitive and highly classified material”.
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