The lines of communication between Russia and the West are cut one by one.
A rare enough gesture to be underlined, Russia is preparing to boycott a meeting between the UN Security Council, where it nevertheless plays an important role, and the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union.
For several diplomats, this is a sign of a further deterioration in relations between Moscow and its partners in the United Nations.
According to a Russian diplomatic source speaking on condition of anonymity, Moscow's decision is linked to the situation in Ukraine.
This annual informal meeting between the Security Council and the PSC had not been held since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It should make it possible to address the interactions of the European Union with the UN in countries where the two organizations are conducting operations, such as in Bosnia, the Central African Republic or Mali.
During a press conference during the day, the American ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, whose country holds the presidency of the Security Council in May, assured the media that the latter continued to function normally. .
She had estimated that the Security Council had even "experienced an extraordinary success" in having "succeeded in isolating Russia" since the end of February.
"Russia is isolated in the Security Council, and every time we have a discussion in the Security Council regarding Russia, it is on the defensive and we will continue to keep it on the defensive until it puts end to its brutal attack on the Ukrainian people,” she stressed.
So isolated that she therefore prefers to boycott this meeting of the Security Council, a first since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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