Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov faced a chorus of condemnations over the invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council, where he sought to cast Moscow as the defender of international law while chairing the proceedings despite Russia’s attempt to seize Ukrainian territory.
“None of the pretexts invoked to attack Ukraine in violation of the U.N. Charter has legal merit, not one of them,” said Hernan Perez Loose, Ecuador’s ambassador to the United Nations, through a U.N. interpreter.The Ecuadorian envoy’s broadside marred the intentions of Lavrov, who sought to position Russia as a defender of international law while casting the United States and its European allies as a domineering political clique.
“Let's call a spade a spade: Nobody allowed the Western minority to speak on behalf of all of humankind,” Lavrov said. “The Russian Federation has clearly announced the goals which we are pursuing through the special military operation to eradicate the threats to our security which were created for years by NATO representatives directly on our borders.”
It was easier for Lavrov to find fellow critics of the United States than any overt support for Russia’s invasion. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun buttressed Lavrov’s attack on Western powers by renewing Beijing’s complaint about the U.S. and Europe's use of economic sanctions as a tool of foreign policy.
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