Russia’s Zakharova Says Japan Should Not Get UN Security Council Permanent Seat

TREE NEWS update: Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on September 30 that Western countries including Japan should not be given permanent or non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council, warning it would worsen the body’s imbalance toward the “collective West” and could obstruct its normal functioning. Zakharova said Japan is accelerating remilitarization, departing from its constitution’s pacifist clauses and sliding toward dismantling the post-World War II international order.