Kremlin Defends UN Veto Power
Russia supports expanding permanent members on the UN Security Council but insists the veto power must remain. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Turkish President Erdogan who had urged scrapping both elements.
Russia backed expanding the UN Security Council on Tuesday afternoon, pushing to add permanent members while rejecting proposals to strip veto powers from current nations. The Kremlin response follows calls from Turkey to scrap both permanent membership and the veto system entirely. The debate over UN reform intensified ahead of the global assembly, with critics arguing the current structure fails to reflect modern geopolitical realities.
