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Western countries are In order to prevent Russia from being elected to the UN Economic Council, Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, wrote on his Telegram channel.
The UN Economic and Social Council coordinates economic and social cooperation in UN agencies. Russia has been consistently elected to the 54-member council since its inception.
According to Polyansky, a vote in the council took place last Friday, in which Western countries tried to prevent Russian elections. “After the first round of secret ballots, Russia, which was the only candidate for the vacancy, received 118 votes out of 128 required,” he wrote.
According to Polyansky, about 60-65 states. will not support the Russian candidacy. In several rounds of subsequent secret elections in the future, it did not reveal the country that will sit on the council.
“In my opinion, the situation is stalemate, there may be quite a few. new rounds of voting … People in the West are most likely to resort to their favorite blackmail and intimidation tactics to force as many countries as possible not to vote, “he wrote.
According to the diplomat, even more countries will be able to see what methods are Western countries ready to use to create the illusion of Russia's isolation in the world.