Russian Foreign Minister: Veto Right in the UN Security Council is not a privilege.

Moscow, 21 April 2105(Lana) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the Veto right in the UN Security Council was not a privilege, but a great responsibility, and that his country considered the UN a political authority to guarantee sovereignty of international law. The use of Veto by Russia and China In UN Security Council gave settlement in Syria a chance of a political settlement, and efforts to prevent Syria from being turned into another Libya have achieved success, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a student conference at the MGIMO institute of international relations. There is need for maintaining a balance and the impermissibility of permitting the international system to be subordinate to any dictating. Also, it should not be weak," Lavrov said. International relations have entered a transition in its evolution, linked to the objective process of establishing a more plural and democratic system of international relations, that reflects geographical and cultural diversity, he said. Some of Russia's western partners could not relinquish their habits of imposing hegemony over the world, he added. Lavrov stressed the need not to politicize the issue of human rights, calling for resolving of issues through dialogue not condemnation. =Lana=