Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has responded to critics in some sections of society who says he has not made a public statement on the Russia – Ukraine war but opted to write a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On Friday, 25 February, Gonsalves said CARICOM had made a statement, and SVG is part of CARICOM.
“We are doing what we have to do at the U.N, and I have written a letter to President Putin and am not revealing the content”.
Gonsalves said each person would seek to make their best approach in all the circumstances.
“I have to use my best judgment in the circumstances”.
Gonsalves said St Vincent and the Grenadines diplomatic personnel are working, and he was in touch with the Permanent Representative at the U.N on Friday.
“I don’t have to conduct all of the diplomacies in public”.
On Sunday the BBC said Ukrainian forces say they have repelled an attack on the country’s second city Kharkiv after fierce clashes with Russian forces.
Regional governor Oleh Synehubov said the city was now rid of Russian troops – after street-to-street fighting overnight.
Residents described intense shelling, with one woman saying it was “something like Star Wars above your head”.
A nine-storey residential tower was hit, emergency services said.
