Russia’s president and the UN boss met in Moscow to discuss the Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks revolving around the Ukrainian crisis. The two discussed the situation on the ground, with Putin explaining to the UN chief Russia’s reasons for launching its military operation against the neighboring country in late February.
Moscow’s move to recognize the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk was based on the Kosovo precedent, set up by a UN-backed court, Putin told Guterres. The republics emerged after people living in Ukraine’s east rejected the Western-backed 2014 Maidan, he explained.
ドネツクとルガンスクの分離独立を承認するモスクワの動きは、国連の支援する裁判所が設定したコソボの先例に基づいていると、プーチン大統領はグテレス大統領に語った。ウクライナ東部に住む人々が、欧米が支援した2014年のマイダンを拒否した結果、この共和国が誕生したと説明した。
Putin added that the post-coup Kiev government opted for a military solution that led to the eight-year standoff in the Donbass.
プーチンは、クーデター後のキエフ政府が軍事的な解決策を選択したため、ドンバスで8年間も膠着状態が続いたと付け加えた。
“I remember very well the decision of the International Court of Justice, which states that in exercising the right to self-determination, a territory of any state is not obliged to apply for permission to declare its sovereignty to the central authorities of the country,” Putin said.
プーチン氏は、「私は国際司法裁判所の判決をよく覚えているが、この判決では、自決権を行使する際、いかなる国家の領土も、その国の中央当局に主権を宣言する許可を申請する義務はないとしている」と述べました。
Guterres pointed out that the UN itself still does not recognize Kosovo as an independent entity, viewing it as a part of Serbia. Putin, however, parried that the legal precedent still exists, as Kosovo received wide recognition in the West.
グテレス氏は、国連がコソボをセルビアの一部とみなし、独立した存在として認めていないことを指摘した。しかし、プーチンは、コソボは西側で広く認められているため、法的な前例はまだ存在すると反論した。
“So many states in the world, including our opponents in the West, have done this with respect to Kosovo. Kosovo is recognized by a lot of states – it is a fact – by a lot of Western states it is recognized as an independent state. We did the same with respect to the republics of the Donbass,” Putin said, adding that the republics subsequently asked Moscow for military assistance – which Russia provided in full compliance with the UN Charter.
"西側諸国の反対派も含め、世界の多くの国家がコソボに関してこのようなことを行っています。コソボは多くの国家に認められており、それは事実である。ドンバス共和国に対しても同じことをした」とプーチン大統領は述べ、ドンバス共和国がその後モスクワに軍事支援を要請し、ロシアは国連憲章を完全に遵守してこれを提供した、と付け加えました。
Apart from discussing the international law and legal basis for Russia’s military operation, Putin and Guterres talked about the humanitarian situation on the ground in Ukraine. The UN chief said the organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were ready to provide assistance in evacuating civilians said to be trapped together with the Ukrainian fighters at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol.
プーチン大統領とグテーレス大統領は、ロシアの軍事作戦の国際法や法的根拠を議論する以外に、ウクライナの現地の人道的状況についても話をした。国連事務総長は、マリウポル市にある包囲されたアゾフスタル製鉄所にウクライナ人戦闘員とともに閉じ込められているとされる民間人の避難について、国連機関と赤十字国際委員会(ICRC)が支援を提供する用意があることを明らかにした。
“This will be an operation to evacuate civilians from the plant. Russia has been repeatedly blamed for that evacuation not being carried out. On the other hand, Russia has announced the creation of [humanitarian] corridors, which, however, are not being used,” Guterres stated.
「これは、工場から市民を避難させる作戦になる。その避難が実行されないことについて、ロシアは繰り返し非難している。一方、ロシアは(人道)回廊の設置を発表したが、しかし、それは使われていない」とグテレス氏は述べた。
Russia’s president said the civilians purportedly trapped at the Azovstal plant remain there only because the Ukrainian fighters, including the neo-Nazi groups, that are holed up at the facility would not let them go.
ロシア大統領は、アゾフスタル工場に閉じ込められているとされる民間人がそこに留まっているのは、同施設に立てこもるネオナチ集団を含むウクライナの戦闘員が彼らを逃がさないからにほかならないと述べた。
“We keep hearing from the Ukrainian authorities that there are civilians there. But then the servicemen of the Ukrainian army are obliged to release them, or they then act as terrorists in many countries of the world, like ISIS in Syria, hiding behind the civilian population. The easiest thing to do is to let these people out,” he stated.
「ウクライナ当局から、そこに民間人がいると聞き続けている。しかし、その場合、ウクライナ軍の軍人は彼らを解放する義務があります。さもなければ、彼らはシリアのISISのように、世界の多くの国で、民間人の陰に隠れてテロリストとして行動することになるのです。一番簡単なのは、この人たちを外に出すことだ」と述べた。
Putin also noted that the UN chief had been apparently “misinformed” about the humanitarian corridors set up by Russia, pointing out that more than 100,000 civilians have left Mariupol through them.
プーチンはまた、ロシアが設置した人道的回廊について、国連総長が明らかに「誤った情報」を持っていると指摘し、10万人以上の民間人がこの回廊を通ってマリウポルを離れたと指摘した。
“And they can go anywhere: some want to go to Russia, some want to go to Ukraine. Anywhere – we do not hold them, we provide any kind of help and support,” he added.
「そして、彼らはどこへでも行くことができる。ロシアへ行きたい人もいれば、ウクライナへ行きたいと思う人もいる。私たちは彼らを拘束せず、あらゆる種類の支援とサポートを提供します」と彼は付け加えた。
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Office of the UN Secretary General claims that President Putin agreed to involve the UN and the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal in Mariupol
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The UN Secretary General also said the organization is prepared to assess the situation in Azovstal in a few days time in order to organize the evacuation of civilians from the area in Mariupol. (TASS)
グテレスとラブロフの会談 2022/4/27?

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— 駐日ロシア連邦大使館 (@RusEmbassyJ) April 27, 2022#ラブロフ外相 『ノルマンジー・フォーマット』の内外を問わず、皆頬被りをして問題を解決することを拒んだ。
ヨーロッパ大陸の状況は、#NATO の無制限拡大と一極世界の確立とを目指し米国とその同盟国がとった政策の結果が蓄積したものである。️https://t.co/wud7EeZtK0
Guterresは、2022/4/26にプーチンと会い、4/28にキエフでゼレンスキーと会う予定のようです。モスクワからキエフへの移動も簡単ではないはず。ゼレンスキーは先にプーチンと会ったことに不満を述べていると。
Explosions rock Kiev during UN chief’s visit
Ukraine’s Zelensky accused Russia of striking the capital ‘immediately after’ his talks with Antonio Guterres
At least five cruise missiles targeted Kiev on Thursday evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed, accusing Moscow of carrying out the strike to deliberately “humiliate” the United Nations as the body's chief visited the Ukrainian capital.
“This says a lot about Russia’s true attitude to global institutions, about the efforts of the Russian leadership to humiliate the UN, and everything that the organization represents,” Zelensky said in his Thursday night address.
Ukrainian emergency services initially announced that an unspecified “facility” was hit in the Shevchenko district of the city, while a nearby residential building suffered damage to its lower floors. There were no reports of casualties, but Ukrainian authorities later said at least 10 people were injured inside the damaged 25-story high-rise, while media shared photos of firefighters working at the scene.
According to some reports, the mysterious facility may have been the Artem missile development and production plant, with the Guardian claiming the factory had been evacuated and stood empty since February.
Officials in Moscow have yet to issue a comment, as the alleged strike took place around 8pm, after the evening press briefing by Russian military spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov. If confirmed, it wouldn’t be the first time Russia launched strikes against military facilities in and around Kiev, including at an armored-vehicle manufacturing factory two weeks ago.
Earlier on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Zelensky and toured Kiev and its suburbs, with Ukrainian officials showing him the sites of alleged “war crimes” committed by Russia. Upon hearing reports of a new “attack on Kiev,” the UN chief said it “shocked me, not because I’m here, but because Kiev is a sacred city for Ukrainians and Russians alike,” according to Reuters.
On Tuesday, Guterres visited Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin revolving around the Ukrainian crisis. The two discussed the situation on the ground, with Putin explaining to the UN chief Moscow’s reasons for launching its military operation in Ukraine.