


charter through multilateralism - and used the opportunity to shift blame to the West. Lavrov picked a topic that Russia has been accused of violating when it invaded Ukraine last year - the maintenance of international peace and security and defending the principles of the U.N. With Russia’s monthlong term as rotating chair of the council nearing an end, the Monday meeting was a signature event for Moscow. Lavrov, chaired a Security Council meeting on Monday at the United Nations, he faced rebuke from Western members and the U.N.’s top official over Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Brendan Mcdermid/ReutersĪs Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov of Russia, center, chairing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N.
