Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the UN General Assembly | Photo: Disclosure/UN
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Wednesday (20) of preventing any attempts by his country in the UN Security Council to reach a resolution to enforce a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Lavrov made this statement to Arab ministers at the sixth edition of the ArabRussian Forum in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. “All our attempts to pass a resolution in the Security Council were rejected by the US, which is trying to thwart all ceasefire initiatives. But we will continue our efforts,” he said in his opening speech at the forum.
The Russian diplomat complained that “violence between Israel and the Palestinians will continue” if the people of Gaza's hopes for an independent state with 1967 borders are not fulfilled.
Lavrov added that his country now insists on supporting the parties through diplomatic mechanisms and also seeks to unite the various Palestinian political actors.
The Chancellor also recalled that Moscow's position on the war in Gaza is similar to that expressed by Arab and Muslim countries on November 11 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the leaders of these countries called for a ceasefire and an increase in humanitarian aid for the Palestinians demanded territory.
Lavrov attacked Washington again, accusing the country of “using the escalation of tensions in the Middle East for its own interests while drowning the region in a spiral of violence to weaken countries it sees as geopolitical rivals.”
In his speech, the Russian diplomat expressed his country's willingness to deepen economic, commercial, cultural and health cooperation with the Arab world. (With EFE agency)
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