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The West does not allow Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow? "The ball is on their side"

Lavrov added that he would gladly accept the invitation of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, to gather for talks on the territory of Belarus.
"I do not see any possibility for Ukraine to make any proposals, but we will not propose anything either. We presented our proposals a long time ago. Now the ball is on their side," Lavrov said.

Romania's Permanent Representative to UN gives speech on reform of peacekeeping operations

Romania's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ion Jinga, on Wednesday delivered a speech to a debate on the reform of the UN peacekeeping operations organised by the US presidency of the United Nations Security Council, according to a press statement released by Romania's Permanent Mission at the UN.

Arrested Turkish UN judge files petition to Constitutional Court for diplomatic immunity

Arrested judge Aydın Sefa Akay, who also serves as a United Nations judge, has filed an appeal for his diplomatic immunity following the U.N. Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals' (MICT) rejection of Turkey's response to the U.N. Secretary-General, the MICT has told the Hürriyet Daily News.