UNITED NATIONS, October 4. /TASS/. The United Nations is aware of an invitation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to attend the upcoming BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, spokesman for the UN chief Stephane Dujarric told reporters in response to a TASS question.

“We are aware of the invitation. “I have no information to share with you regarding further travel,” he said.

Vladimir Kuznetsov, head of the UN information center in Moscow, said earlier that Russia had sent an invitation to Guterres to participate in the BRICS summit in Kazan.

This year, Russia holds the rotating BRICS presidency. It includes more than 200 events and will culminate in the group’s summit in Kazan on October 22 and 24.