Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo concluded on Friday her two-day visit to Moscow where she held consultations with senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on a wide range of issues, including the situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, Haiti, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan and Syria, as well as the Middle East Peace Process and developments around the Korean Peninsula. The Under-Secretary-General met with the Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Vershinin and Sergei Ryabkov, as well as Zamir Kabulov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Afghanistan, and Vladimir Safronkov, Special Representative of the Foreign Minister on the Middle East Peace Process.
Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo also held a meeting with Senator Grigory Karasin, Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs. She also met with the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Imangali Tasmagambetov.
During her meetings in Moscow, Ms. DiCarlo reiterated the principled position of the United Nations regarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in line with the United Nations Charter and relevant resolutions of the General Assembly.
She also had discussions with the representatives of the expert community in Moscow.