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Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council decisions threaten international peace and stability. Such attempts are counterproductive and contradict the norms and principles of international law.
Sergei Lavrov
Contradict
Council
Counterproductive
Crises
Decisions
Framework
International
International Law
Law
Norms
Outside
Peace
Principles
Sanctions
Security
Security Council
Settle
Stability
Threaten
Unilateral
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