Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Saturday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a serious breach of international law.
The ministers affirmed that Russia's military actions violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and international law that bans the use of force, Hayashi said at a joint news conference with Cavusoglu after their talks in Antalya, southwestern Turkey.
They affirmed coordination in reforming the United Nations, given that veto power by Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council, has made the top U.N. decision-making body ineffective in addressing the war in Ukraine, according to Cavusoglu.