The reaction of the representative of Russia to the American veto on the Palestinian resolution

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoted by “Novosti” news agency, “Vasily Nebenzia “, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, last night at the Security Council meeting and after voting on the admission of Palestine as a full member of the United Nations, emphasized: This day can be recorded as a day in the history of the world when After three quarters of a century, the international community has finally taken a step in the right direction to correct decades of “historical injustice” towards Palestine, but in the meantime, the United States has proven that it thinks otherwise.

U.S. During the meeting of the UN Security Council, he prevented the adoption of a resolution recommending the acceptance of Palestine as a full member of this organization. 12 members of the Security Council, including Russia and China, voted in favor of the adoption of this document. Are the decisions of life international?, adding: When Israel was admitted to the United Nations, when dozens of countries freed from the oppression of Western colonialism were accepted, the same question was always answered with consensus. But now the American colleagues acted differently in dealing with Palestine.

According to him, by using the veto for the fifth time since the beginning of the escalation of conflicts in the Gaza Strip, Washington showed its true attitude towards the suffering Palestinian nation. It showed.

This Russian diplomat explained: “From the point of view of the Washington authorities, they do not deserve to have their own independent country.” The Palestinian people are the only obstacle to the realization of Israel’s interests. That is why the United States is ready to turn a blind eye to all Israeli crimes against civilians in Gaza and not to notice the expansion of illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank.”

According to Nebenzia, the goal It is breaking the will of the Palestinians, forcing them to surrender unconditionally to the occupying power, turning them into servants and second-class citizens, and even removing them and expelling them from their homeland.

He added that such A policy that only has the opposite effect. The vast majority of the international community supports Palestine’s request for full membership in the World Organization, and the suffering of Palestinian civilians resonates in the hearts and souls of millions of people around the world.

The spiral of escalation in The Middle East is escalating

The permanent representative of Russia at the Security Council meeting also warned that the spiral of worsening the situation in the Middle East (West Asia) is becoming more complex every day and new countries in the region will face this. drags. Vasily Nebenzia added: “For the first time in decades, the danger of a full-scale military confrontation in the Middle East region has become apparent. Today’s meeting is a good opportunity to evaluate what the international community has been able to do and what it has not been able to do to resolve this crisis all this time. Delegations in the Security Council proposed 10 draft resolutions, and the United States vetoed both Russian and Brazilian drafts on de-escalation. Nebenzia said: “Imagine how many lives could have been saved if these proposals had been supported at the right time!” Dmitri Polyansky, the first deputy of Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, also this morning, Friday, recalled that the US representative’s explanation regarding the veto of the resolution to admit Palestine as a full member of the United Nations , it seems “unfortunate”. He wrote about this on his Telegram channel: They only vaguely explained that it is not the right time for this and that Israel’s relations with its Arab neighbors should be normalized first. do. Such an excuse, the only purpose of which is Washington’s support for its ally Israel, is very unfortunate.”

Polyansky emphasized that, on the contrary, Russia, like the other 11 members of the Security Council, “with a clear conscience and with all my heart.” voted in favor of this resolution and the voting in this regard was a historic moment and America also showed its true face by using the right of veto. Zionist about the importance of self-restraint

In another news, it was reported that Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and African countries, in a conversation with Simona Galperin, Israel’s ambassador in Moscow emphasized the need for restraint by all involved parties to prevent the deterioration of the situation in the Middle East after Iran’s attack on Israel.

According to the information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the conversation on Thursday between the deputy minister and the ambassador of Israel was held at the request of Galperin, and during that the deteriorating situation in the conflict zone of the Middle East was discussed. In this verse, special attention was paid to the serious escalation of tensions related to Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel on April 14, and in this regard, the Russian side emphasized the need to exercise maximum restraint by all participants in the confrontation. In this meeting, the situation of the Gaza Strip was also discussed, with the Russian side emphasizing the need to establish a ceasefire and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the release of the hostages.

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