According to Russian news agency reports on the 22nd local time, Alexander Aliyev, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, said in an interview with this media that Russia never considered the current United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, to be a serious mediator on the Ukraine issue.
In general, we do not believe, and have never believed, that he is a serious mediator. said Alímov.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said at a press conference in June this year that Guterres is blatantly biased towards the West, including on the issue of Ukraine.
Guterres will serve out his term at the end of this year. Previously, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohammed El Baradeg, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and other potential successors to Guterres have visited Moscow.
