Canada ‘edited’ Russia’s letter addressed to UN

The relationship between Russia and Western Countries has reached its low. Western Countries and European Union have condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

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Mar 24, 2022 03:12
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Canada ‘edited’ Russia’s letter addressed to UN

Canada’s UN mission has annotated Russia’s letter which was sent to United Nations seeking support for its draft resolution on providing aid access and civilian protection in Ukraine.

Russia has accused Canada of annotating its letter addressed by Russia’s UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia. He alleged that Canada has added multiple remarks to the letter addressed to the UN on March 16. Due to too much annotation and remarks, UN Security Council will no longer vote on Friday on the draft resolution.

The Twitter spat between Canada and Russia on the annotation of later’s letter to UN Security Council. In the Twitter content, Canada’s UN mission annotated one part of the Russian letter that read: “Like other members of the international community, we are gravely concerned about its deterioration.”

Canada’s UN mission crossed out the first few words and changed the rest to read: “We are not gravely concerned about its deterioration,” and inserted at the end “because we are the primary cause.”

Canada also annotated the letter that: “Do you think the UN membership actually believes this?” On the final page, Canada suggested part of an alternative end: “We want you to know just how little we care about the human life we have destroyed.”

Dmitry Polyanskiy, first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, hit back on Thursday.  “Thank you @CanadaONU for this kindergarten-level Russophobic libel!” he wrote on Twitter.

“It only shows that your diplomatic skills and good manners are at lowest ebb and gives an idea why your country’s bid for a non-permanent seat in #SecurityCouncil was voted down twice in 20yrs by UN membership,” Polyanskiy said, adding a thumbs-down emoji.

With this issue, the relationship between Russia and Western Countries has reached its low. Western Countries and European Union have condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. However, Mr. Putin contended that his invasion of Ukraine is a special military operation.