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At the International Conference on Disarmament held in Geneva on March 1, when the video of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s speech began to be played, diplomats from many countries, including Western countries, left the venue one after another to show solidarity with Kyiv and protest against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Agence France-Presse reported that the diplomats appeared to have left the venue at the beginning of Lavrov’s video speech. Only representatives from a few countries remained at the venue, including Yemen, Algeria, Venezuela, Syria and Tunisia.
The video of Lavrov’s speech was pre-recorded. He was supposed to come to Geneva in person, but he cancelled his trip on Monday because he was banned from flying over the European Union due to “anti-Russian sanctions”.
Diplomats leaving the venue then applauded outside the venue to welcome the boycott.
“It is important to show our Ukrainian friends a gesture of solidarity,” said Yann Hwang, France’s ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament.
The only multilateral disarmament negotiating forum in the international community of the Conference on Disarmament. It was established in 1979 and is not a United Nations organization, but the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva serves as the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament. The venue for the meeting is the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba also spoke at the Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday. In a video address, he condemned Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine. Call for an emergency plenary meeting on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russian aggression is a global threat. Therefore, the response to this threat must be global,” he said.