World News | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov calls for UN Security Council reform

New Delhi [India]BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that it is time to reform the United Nations Security Council.

“… now is the time to reform the UN Security Council,” Lavrov told a news conference in Delhi.

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“..we don’t feel isolated. The West is now isolating itself. If the West is so democratic, why can’t they apply democratic principles internationally?” G20 foreign ministers meeting.

“…according to the Charter of the United Nations, every country is bound to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of any other country,” he further said.

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Lavrov also said that in the eyes of the West, the invasion of Ukraine reflected the West’s response to years of preparation for the war, which is why it armed the Ukrainian regime.

According to the Sputnik news agency, Lavrov said in a speech to the media that the West refused to include Russia’s proposal that an investigation into the Nord Stream explosion be included in the final G20 statement.

“them [Western countries] Also rejects another fact in this regard, which reflects events that have occurred since then. I’m referring to the terrorist act against the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Our proposal to include in the document the need for an impartial and honest investigation was flatly rejected by our Western partners,” Lavrov said.

The minister added that Western countries insisted on copying the same text adopted last year, which referred to the situation in Ukraine.

“The West has insisted on copying the text agreed at last year’s G20 summit in Bali on the situation in Ukraine, completely ignoring our arguments about what has happened since then, including Mrs Bush’s sincere confession. [ex-German Chancellor Angela] Mr. Merkel [former French President Francois] Mr Holland [ex-Ukrainian President Petro] poroshenko and [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky himself said that none of them would implement the Minsk agreements, which, from the perspective of Western interests, were signed to buy time to supply Ukraine with arms and prepare for a war with Russia,” Russia Sputnik news agency quoted Lavrov as saying.

He also said a final statement could not be agreed because of disputes among G20 members over the conflict in Ukraine.

Participants at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi agreed that the African Union should become a permanent member of the G20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. (Arnie)

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