UN chief set to name Russian diplomat to top anti-terror job
UNITED NATIONS/VIENNA - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres is set to appoint a Moscow envoy in Vienna to head a newly created UN Office of Counterterrorism, officials and diplomats said on Wednesday, giving a Russian a top job at UN headquarters in New York.
Russia's Ambassador to International Organisations in Vienna, Vladimir Voronkov, told Reuters he met with Guterres on Tuesday. An announcement on the appointment is expected this week, officials and diplomats said.
"Countering terrorism is one of the things that most countries can work with Russia on," said a senior Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"We have very different views on what counts as a terrorist and what counts as an appropriate response to terrorism from Russia, but at least it's a discussion we can have more easily than we can have on political affairs or peacekeeping," the diplomat said.
