Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country's assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow's top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council
Western diplomats slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for his country’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine during a face-to-face session hosted by Moscow’s top diplomat at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Lavrov was in charge of the meeting, titled “Maintenance of international peace and security,” because Russia currently holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council.
However, the leadership of the Security Council, UN’s most powerful body, rotates alphabetically among its 15 member nations. Five countries – China, France, Russia, the UK and the US – have permanent seats on the council. The remaining 10 members are elected for two-year terms by the UN General Assembly. Russia assumed the presidency on April 1, an event that multiple diplomats described as an “April Fool’s joke.
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