UN week and Lavrov’s talks Vremya’s full UN roundup

Sep 24

Vremya’s Mikhail Akinchenko reviews UN high-level week, citing Lula’s warning about trust, Lavrov’s address, Trump and Pezeshkian on Iran and the Iranian delegation’s contacts with U.S. envoys. It covers Lavrov’s meetings with Rubio, Guterres, Grossi and Wadephul, Putin’s G20 invitation and circulation of a Russian report disputing the Bucha killings. It recalls Trump–Zelenskyy exchanges, an energy-truce proposal, Lavrov’s rejection of a pause in military operations and his comments on U.S. sanctions. The Bucha allegations, hostile characterizations, motives and diplomatic judgments remain the programme’s and speakers’ accounts; contacts and proposals are distinguished from an achieved compromise, and the independently identified appearances and meetings remain separate occurrences.

In his September 26 press conference, Lavrov says he asked António Guterres two days earlier why the UN mentions self-determination for Greenland but not Ukraine. He attributes to Guterres a reply that the cases are different and criticizes that distinction. The broadcast contains Lavrov's recollection, not a recording or independent account of Guterres's reply. The September 27 report says Lavrov also handed Guterres a Russian civic report alleging that Bucha killings were staged. It quotes allegations that military personnel appear on the memorial and claims UN officials ignored Russian requests. These are Russian allegations about documented civilian killings; the broadcast offers no independent demonstration and does not show Guterres responding to the report.