US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed an online meeting at the United Nations, stating that "if the permanent members of the Security Council ignore the rules, they will send a false message," and sovereignty of other countries with China and Russia in mind. I asked for respect.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the UN Security Council's online meeting on multilateralism on the 7th.
"If there is a country that undermines the international order, we will continue to resist strongly," he said, emphasizing the policy of opposition to the use of force and attempts to change the status quo by threatening.
He added, "Especially if the permanent members of the Security Council ignore the rules, they will send a false message that they will not be punished if other countries break," he said, and respect the sovereignty of other countries with China and Russia in mind. I asked.
Also, keeping in mind that China and Russia have opposed the pursuit of human rights issues as "interference in domestic affairs," "claiming domestic jurisdiction and enslaving people, torture and ethnic cleansing to raise human rights. It is not permissible to infringe. "
In response, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who chairs the Security Council this month, argued that "all countries want the United States to change its policy and contribute to the practice of multilateralism." Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also restrained the United States by saying, "Western countries are trying to retreat the world toward multilateralism."