The Government will vote in favor of the resolution suspending Russia at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

As Clarín learned, The order was issued by Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero after speaking with President Alberto Fernandez in recent hours.

The General Assembly of UN will vote this Thursday on the request of Western countries to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council body, in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

“Argentina is at the forefront of this issue,” a senior official source told Clarin after a harsh request from the West over the weekend, with John Biden at the helm, calling for Russia to be suspended from the body. this that coincidentally rules. this country in Geneva. . And now it has double responsibility because it must arbitrate — it is headed by Ambassador Federico Villegas Beltrán — and then vote as a State.

“Argentina is leading the investigation by teaching Cafiero. He has spearheaded the issue in which he has a leading role. Another demonstration that the pro-Russian wing does not exist,” said a source with some irony about in the divisions that have existed in government.Between Albertism and Christianity.

The Assembly vote, from New York, would try to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, which is based in Geneva. They need a two-thirds majority of countries voting in favor and against the session. All 193 member states of the General Assembly will participate. There, abstentions are not counted.

The emergence of frightening images of massacred civilians on the streets and highways of Bucha, Ukraine, has hastened accusations of war crimes against the forces of Vladimir Putin, who denies these killings, now is being investigated by the United Nations throughout the occupation of the territory.

Talks in Argentina were also accelerated this weekend and included the participation of the US ambassador, Jorge Arguello along with Fernández, Cafiero and the Minister of the Economy Martín Guzmán, who discussed the details of the agreement in Monetary Fund and Alberto F’s participation in the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on June 8-9.

The Government has hardened its position in its alliance with Vladimir Putin. To begin with, he finally condemned the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, bilaterally and in international forums.

However, he is against sanctions as proposed by Joe Biden and the European Union. It was in this context that the announcement took place from Russia that commercial flights between Buenos Aires and Moscow would be resumed, as well as other destinations.

The crisis in Peru

In the last few hours, a statement between Cafiero and the Undersecretary for Latin American Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, Gustavo Pandiani, also decided on the new crisis in Peru from the presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

“The Argentine Pro Tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean States looks with concern and regrets the loss of life and the climate of violence unleashed in the sister Republic of Peru.”

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