Russia Counters U.S. Plan for Gaza With Its Own Proposal at U.N. Security Council [View all]

Source: NYT

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"An effort by the United States to win support from the United Nations Security Council for President Trump’s Gaza peace plan ran into a significant hurdle on Friday, when Russia introduced its own counterresolution, according to three Council diplomats.

Russia, as one of the five veto-holding powers of the Security Council, could block the U.S. resolution. Its counteraction suggested that the Council could be heading to another showdown and stalemate over Gaza. The 10-point Russian resolution, among other points, calls for Palestinian statehood and does not mention the stabilization forces and the governing structure favored by the United States.

.... Among the major sticking points, according to four diplomats: China said it wanted the entire Trump peace plan removed from the resolution; Russia, Algeria and France, among others, wanted clear language supporting Palestinian statehood; and China, Russia and several European countries asked for clarity on the composition and functions of the governing entity, called the Board of Peace, responsible for carrying out Mr. Trump’s peace plan.

... In a statement on Friday, Russia’s mission to the United Nations said it “felt obliged” to propose an alternative resolution on Gaza because the American one did not give due regard to international frameworks, namely the two-state solution for settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict..."



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