The Russian draft presented at an emergency security council meeting on Friday sought to "cease any actions that undermine Syria's sovereignty".
When asked whethere he supported the move, France's UN ambassador Francois Delattre replied, "the short answer is no", the Associated Press news agency reported.
Delattre said the current military escalation is "the direct result of the brutal offensive in the north of Syria led by the Syrian regime and its allies."
The French UN representaive added Russia must understand that its support for Syria's President Bashar Assad is "a dead end that could be extremely dangerous."
US Ambassador Samantha Power called the Russian draft "a distraction," and urged Moscow instead to implement a resolution adopted unanimously by the Security Council in December endorsing a peace plan for Syria that includes a cessation of hostilities and negotiations between the Assad government and opposition.
The draft resolution comes amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Ankara over the former's backing of a Syrian regime and Syrian Kurdish armed group Peoples' Protection Unit (YPG) advance against rebel territory bordering Turkey...
[aljazeera.com]
20/2/16
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Syria's government says Turkish artillery shelling inside Syria is an "outrageous violation" of international law...
ReplyDeleteIn a statement published by the state-run SANA news agency Saturday, it accused Turkey of committing "crimes" against the Syrians by firing artillery shells at areas in the northern province of Aleppo.
It added that a number of civilians were injured by the artillery fire that targeted Tel Rifaat, Malikiyeh and other towns....AP