Charles Michel, the President of the European Council, is of the opinion that it is necessary to develop a mechanism to “suspend” Russia’s membership in the UN Security Council. At the same time, he admitted that it is not possible at the moment. It was reported by the “RIA Novosti” agency.

In an interview with the RTVi TV channel, Michel accused Russia of violating international law, noting that when a permanent member of the UN Security Council does it, “there is a flaw in international law.”

“In my opinion, a membership suspension mechanism should be created. I am not talking about removing Russia completely, but at least about suspending Russia’s membership in the Security Council,” he stated.

At the same time, the head of the European Council admitted that “this is not possible at the moment, it will bring the very concept of UN security to a dead end.”

“However, we clearly saw that before this war began, the UN security concept was already very shaky and had many difficulties in solving serious international problems. So, I am one of those people who believe that sooner or later the reform of the work of the UN will be mandatory, for example, in order to better take into account the balance of the modern world order,” said the President of the European Council.

In particular, according to him, Africa and Latin America are now badly represented in the structures of the United Nations.

“I think that there will be a discussion about the deep reform of the UN system,” he concluded.