“The UN Secretary General remains concerned about the escalation that we are seeing.
We welcome dialogue at various levels, with various organizations.
For example, negotiations in the Normandy format in Paris, with NATO, the OSCE.
For the Secretary General, there is no alternative to a diplomatic solution to tensions, ”TASS quoted him as saying.
Dujarric noted that "the Secretary General's call is to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions and focus on continuing the diplomatic process in a spirit of mutual respect and constructive problem-solving."
Earlier, Guterres said that he would make every effort to reduce tensions around Ukraine.