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Disagreements at the UN
In an extraordinary meeting behind closed doors in the UN Security Council, Washington demanded that the 15 members of the council strongly condemn “the terrible terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas”, but the highest body of the United Nations has not yet taken such action, the Associated Press reported. “, cited from BTA.
After the meeting, US Permanent Representative Robert Wood said “a large number of countries” had condemned the Hamas attack, but not all council members. Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya told The Associated Press that the Americans tried to say during the meeting that Russia did not condemn the attacks, but “that is not true.”
“It was present in my speeches, he said. We condemn all attacks on civilians.” According to Nebenzya, the hostilities need to be stopped immediately, a truce should be concluded and meaningful negotiations between the two sides should begin, the likes of which haven’t happened in decades.
His Chinese counterpart Zhang Jun had previously expressed a similar opinion entering the meeting. He said Beijing condemned all attacks on civilians, but did not mention Hamas. “What is really important is to prevent the situation from escalating further and causing more civilian casualties,” Zhang said. “It is important and indeed to return to the settlement of the conflict through the creation of two states (Israeli and Palestinian – note ed.).”
2023-10-09 04:37:00
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