EU Council president calls for Russia’s suspension from UN Security CouncilCharles Michel (Photo:REUTERS/Yves Herman)The international community should work out a mechanism to suspend Russia’s membership in the United Nations Security Council, European Council President Charles Michel said in an interview with Russian TV channel RTVI on Dec. 23.“I think there are flaws in international law if a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and this is the case with Russia, blatantly violates international law,” he stated.I am not talking about the complete exclusion of Russia, but at least the suspension of Russia’s membership in the Security Council.”He also admitted that the UN security concept began to “fall apart” even before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine.“However, we clearly saw that even before the start of this war, the UN security concept was already (showing signs of unreliability) and had many difficulties in functioning when solving major international problems.”He also hopes that there will be a “deep” reform of the UN in the future.He also stressed that the right of veto, which is actively used by the Russian Federation, should not be a commonly-used tool, but an exception."