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Lavrov defends Russia's veto power at UN as 'legitimate'

AFP WORLD
Published September 20,2023 09:13 PM
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday defended this country's use of veto power at the UN Security Council as a "legitimate tool" of international relations.

Addressing the Security Council shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for stripping Russia of its veto power, Lavrov said: "The use of veto is an absolutely legitimate tool laid out in the (UN) Charter."