Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said that there is no legal way to remove Russia from the UN. He made the announcement during an audio conference. telegraph channel.
Asked whether the UN would be possible without the Russian Federation, the diplomat said that, in his opinion, “it would be a different organization”.
He agreed that someone could theoretically figure out how to illegally separate the Russian Federation from the UN.
“But once again, such a scenario is unknown to me, it does not exist in the legal field without reforming the UN in some way,” continued Polyansky.
At the same time, according to the first deputy representative, if someone somehow manages to realize such a scenario, then “the whole system of international relations will be scrapped” and the UN will cease to be the United Nations.
This week the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine He insisted To remove Russia from the UN.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine accused the Russian Federation of replacing permanent membership of the UN Security Council, arguing that UN membership was granted to peace-loving states on the recommendation of the UN Security Council, bypassing the procedures established by law. General Assembly decision.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in June 2022 spoke Via video link at the UN Security Council meeting with a call to remove Russia from the Security Council.