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UN chief to travel to Russia, Poland, Ukraine

Xinhua, May 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon will travel to Moscow for the celebration of Victory Day on Saturday, following his visit to Poland and Ukraine, a UN spokesman announced here Monday.

The director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, will accompany the secretary-general on the visits, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing here.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations.

"On his way to Moscow, the secretary-general will stop on 7 May in Gdansk, Poland, to attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II there," the spokesman said. "He will also meet with President Bronislaw Komorowski and other senior officials present at the commemoration."

On Friday, Ban will be in Kiev, Ukraine, where he will meet with President Petro Poroshenko and other Ukrainian government officials, Dujarric said. "While in Russia, he will meet with President Vladimir Putin as well as a number of heads of delegations also attending the commemoration."

Moscow is expected to hold the ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War.

"We expect the Secretary-General back on 10 May in New York," the spokesman said. Endite