MOSCOW, June 10 Russia is disappointed with the decision of the international of the UN court to admit third countries to the case on the claim of Ukraine against the Russian Federation under the Genocide Convention, the third parties admitted to the case take a pro-Ukrainian position, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. practice of the rules of the Court and the general principles of justice,» the message published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.
«All states admitted as «third parties» take a pro-Ukrainian position and belong to the Western camp,» the Foreign Ministry added.< br>
The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that under the pretext of interpreting certain provisions of the Genocide Convention, «third parties» are trying to put pressure on the Court in order to force the highest body of international justice to make an unreasonable decision in favor of Ukraine, despite the obvious absurdity of the accusations put forward by Kiev.
«The Russian Federation considers such an avalanche-like entry into the case of states that are not related to it, in favor of one side of the dispute, as an unacceptable violation of the principle of equality of the parties and an abuse of procedural rights,» the department stressed.