May 12,
1:56UTC+3
According
to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, the incident took place on May 9,
following a meeting on propaganda and fake news arranged by the Ukrainian
delegation
Russian
Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
© Alexandr
Shcherbak/TASS
UNITED
NATIONS, May 12. /TASS/. Participants in Kiev’s military operation in
southeastern Ukraine threatened a Russian diplomat with death at the United
Nations headquarters, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told
reporters.
According
to her, the incident took place on May 9, following a meeting on propaganda and
fake news arranged by the Ukrainian delegation, which it claimed to be part of
a session of the UN Committee on Information. "An official from the
Foreign Ministry’s Press and Information Department, who was representing
Russia at the Committee’s session, attended the meeting. He clarified Moscow’s
position concerning Ukraine’s accusations as the event was held in an
anti-Russian atmosphere. As far as we understand, the Ukrainian delegation did
not expect the Russian participant to address the meeting, it came as a
surprise for them," Zakharova said, adding that "the result was
somewhat unpleasant."
"The
Ukrainian delegation said it had invited veterans of the [so-called]
anti-terrorist operation [in Donbass], including those who were presented as
snipers from southeastern Ukraine. After the meeting was over, these men,
dressed in camouflage clothing, came up to the Russian representative and began
to threaten him with death. Imagine people in camouflage clothing running
around the United Nations premises, making photos of Russian diplomats and
threatening them. Those were direct threats," the Russian Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman said.
Targeted
policy
The
Russian diplomat expressed confidence that the incident was "part of
Kiev’s information efforts negatively illustrated by the Mirotvorets [or
Peacemaker] website, which still exists, where the personal information about
staff members of the Press and Information Department at the Russia Foreign
Ministry." "Everything that the Ukrainian mission did is in line with
Kiev’s policy aimed at intimidating Russian diplomats working in the
information field," Zakharova noted.
She
added that at the Committee’s final meeting on Friday, Russia raised that
question, stressing that events being held during the session "should not
end like that." "Death threats coming from people officially invited
by a national delegation make to other participants in debates are a thing
unacceptable on the United Nations premises," Zakharova said. According to
her, the United Nations has taken Russia’s concern into account and thanked
Moscow for providing information, however, Chair of the United Nations General
Assembly Committee on Information Jan Kickert "tried to shrug off this
scandalous incident saying that no such events had been held on the Committee’s
behalf.
"
"We
provided the Committee with a press release available on the Ukrainian
mission’s website, as well as with screenshots and other files claiming that
the event was part of the Committee’s activities," the Russian Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman said. After that, the Committee assured the Russian
mission that such things would not be tolerated in the future, Zakharova
concluded.
More:
http://tass.com/politics/1003949
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