United Nations Secretary-General candidate and former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is scheduled to visit Russia in the coming days. This was announced by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov on Tuesday, June 2.
– Bachelet will arrive in the coming days. In development. “We hope to accept it,” Alimov said.
He pointed out that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accepts all candidates. In particular, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, and the President of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Rebecca Greenspan, have already visited the country. RIA Novosti.
The term of the current Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, ends on December 31.
On 26 November 2025, the Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly announced the search for a new Secretary-General of the organization. The joint letter expressed “regret” that in the entire history of the United Nations no woman has served as its President, and Member States were therefore urged to consider this possibility.