UN comments on Zelenskyy's attendance at Security Council meeting

This was stated at a briefing on Friday by Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative to the United Nations of Albania, which holds the presidency of the Security Council in September.

The diplomat noted that the Security Council meeting on the war in Ukraine is scheduled for September 20. It will be chaired by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

"I can almost confirm, although it is not up to me, that President Zelenskyy will be present in New York. This will be his first visit to the city, to the UN (after the beginning of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine  – ed.), and his first participation in the UN Security Council here," Hoxha said.

He clarified that the UN Security Council meeting on September 20 is anticipated to be attended by high-level representatives of states, as it will take place during the General Assembly's high-level week.

The meeting is expected to discuss the consequences of the war in Ukraine for the world, international peace, the UN itself, and food security, the Albanian Permanent Representative added.

• In August, EU High Representative Josep Borrell said that a meeting on peace in Ukraine could be held in New York during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly's regular session in late September.