Klimkin says UN Security Council will initiate restrictions on veto rights in future

12:07, 26.08.2015 1 min read

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has said that the UN Security Council will at some point initiate restrictions on the right to veto.

"First of all, the discussion is running. We back an idea to restrict the right to a veto. There is an initiative backed by over 40 countries [on the issue]," he said on Inter TV Channel on Tuesday.

Klimkin said that Russia vetoed the creation of a tribunal on the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 disaster to investigate the downing of the plane over militant controlled territory in Donbas.

"Step by step we will reach restrictions on the right of veto. One country can't block the stance of the whole of international society in such affairs, especially when they directly deal with it [Russia]," Klimkin said adding that there are enough political and legal grounds for restricting veto rights.