Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. File photoMOSCOW, April 25 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the United States and a number of Western countries are trying to devalue the right of veto by transferring the prerogatives of the Security Council to the UN General Assembly. «Now the Americans and other Western countries are trying, this right devalue the veto, in fact, by transferring the prerogatives of the Security Council to the General Assembly, where they can, by twisting their arms, by blackmail, by threats, up to threats that relate to the places where the bank accounts of delegations are kept, the places where their children are educated, they get such a tortured, forcible the majority, this trend is dangerous,” he said in an interview with the Big Game program on Channel One. Lavrov believes that “the Security Council with its five, with the right of veto of this five, this is such the last island of international law, everyone is trying to replace the rest” . In this regard, he recalled the «Summit of Democracies» hosted by the United States. «The trend is not new: for several years now, the West has been breeding, primarily in Europe, the French are active in this direction, the Germans, they are breeding various platforms, appeals, partnerships on topics that are already being considered by the UN,” Lavrov explained.
