The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on UN diplomacy over Russia’s troop build-up near Ukraine. | Reuters
But diplomats expect Western countries to raise concerns over Russia’s current military escalation at that meeting. It is also likely to be a topic of discussion when Security Council envoys meet with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday for their monthly lunch, diplomats said.
Tensions between Russia and the United States spilled into the Security Council two weeks ago at a public meeting requested by Washington to discuss Moscow’s troop build-up near Ukraine. Russia made a failed bid to stop the discussion. The 15-member UN Security Council is charged with maintaining international peace and security. But the council won’t be able to take any action beyond talking about the Ukraine crisis as Russia is one of the body’s five veto powers, along with the United States, China, France, and Britain.
China supported Russia in trying to stop the Jan. 31 council meeting called by the United States. Thomas-Greenfield said last week she hopes China will urge Russia to “do the right thing” on Ukraine, prompting her Chinese counterpart to respond with a call for diplomacy and an end to “hyping up the tension.
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