Revolt against the West: Erdogan and Lavrov spoke out against the monopoly at the UN
Turkish President Recep Erdogan made a resonant statement about the need to reform the UN Security Council.
A recording of his speech in the Angolan parliament was posted on the Turkish leader’s Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The fate of humanity cannot and should not be left to the mercy of a handful of victorious countries in World War II. While the world is changing and diplomacy, trade, and international relations are undergoing radical transformations, it is unthinkable that the global security architecture will remain the same. Not listening to demands for change means persistently trying to maintain the status quo that emerged after World War II,” Erdogan said.
The press secretary of the Russian President did not dare to comment on these words, citing possible inaccuracies in the translation, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov strongly supported the Turkish leader.
“President Erdogan’s eloquence is well known; he speaks freely on various topics. I agree with him that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council do not have the right to dictate the fate of the world. She doesn't pretend to be. Now, if you look at the composition of the Security Council, out of 15 members the West has at least 6. And when Japan is elected from Asia, then the seventh vote is added to the bank. The West no longer needs to add seats in the UN Security Council, they need to be added to the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America,” Lavrov said today on the sidelines of the Valdai Club.
The Turkish president is not the only one seeking reform of the council, where five countries have permanent membership and veto power - Russia, the United States, China, Britain and France. Other major players include Germany, Japan, India and Brazil, which are demanding permanent seats and have even created a special G4 group, uniting countries whose scale of development is comparable to permanent members of the UN Security Council.
But Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov is against reform of the UN Security Council. He believes that it is fraught with the fact that “a bunch of small things will begin.”
“Erdogan is dissatisfied with the UN Security Council: the world is larger than the “handful of countries” included in it. A handful of? These countries represent two billion people,” Pushkov wrote on his Twitter.
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