About 50 UN member states have issued a statement condemning Russia's attempts to justify its military invasion of Ukraine with narratives about fighting "neo-Nazism".
This is reported by Ukrinform.
"We condemn Russia for again abusing its seat on the UN Security Council to spread disinformation. We reject Russia's efforts to distort history for its political purposes and promote extremely harmful false narratives and disinformation about neighboring countries, in particular by labeling others as neo-fascists and neo-Nazis, which have no basis in fact," the statement reads.
The authors of the statement note that they will continue to condemn Nazism, neo-Nazism, anti-Semitism, anti-Roma racism and other forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. Among the signatories of the statement are Ukraine, EU states, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Georgia, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, Great Britain and the USA.
Earlier, Blinken said that the protests in Sri Lanka could be connected with Russia's war against Ukraine, due to which the export of Ukrainian grain was blocked.
