"Parallel Worlds" in the UN Security Council

The defeat of the humanitarian convoy near Aleppo put a truce in Syria on the brink of a breakdown

A three -hour meeting of the UN Security Council under the number 7774 on September 21 focused on an emergency - shelling of the UN humanitarian convoy, the promotion of which was agreed with all parties to the eastern areas of Aleppo.

Two versions

The joint convoy of the Syrian Arab red crescent and humanitarian organizations of the UN was attacked on September 19 in the Urum al-Kubra region, north-west of the city of Aleppo, in the territory controlled by the armed opposition. According to various information, from 28 to 31 people, the director of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Omar Barakat died as a result of the shelling. The convoy consisted of three dozen trucks and took help for 78 thousand people.

The United States assures that the humanitarian mission was fired at the air, and in the zone where only the Air Force aircraft fly in Damascus and the Russia supporting it. In the video shot by Aleppo 24 News, the flashes of the explosions in the dark and the rumble of an aircraft engine are distinguishable. The attack on the convoy began about 20 minutes after sunset.

Moscow denies involvement in the death of the convoy and puts forward the “earthly” version, making it clear that he suspects the attack on the convoy of armed opponents of the regime.

In the video shot by Aleppo 24 News, the flashes of the explosions in the dark and the rumble of the aircraft engine are distinguishable

”Much says that it could be a rocket or artillery shelling. At first it was reported. Then they began to mention helicopters, then planes. Therefore, it is probably necessary to refrain from emotional instincts, ”said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was given the first word among representatives of delegations of members of the Security Council.

He noticed that on the same day on September 19 in the same area "Jabhat al-Nusra"* (* grouping prohibited in Russia) and union detachments attacked government troops ..

“I'm not trying to make any charges. But I am convinced that such coincidences require serious analysis and proceedings. We insist on the most thorough and impartial investigation of the attack on the humanitarian convoy, ”the representative of Russia said calmly.

According to Lavrov, the ceasefire agreement involved a guarantee of the safe passage of humanitarian aid on the road of Castello. The government and the opposition, which controlled its different sides, had to withdraw the troops to the agreed equal distance.

“Government troops began to withdraw their forces, as was required in accordance with Russian-American agreements, only in order to see that the opposition was not reciprocated and even begins to shell units of government forces,” said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

"Does anyone believe this?"

In the United States, they perceived the Kremlin version of the tragedy in disbelief. The Western media circulate the statements of the anonymous representatives of the Pentagon, claiming that Russian Su-24 aircraft were involved in the defeat of the convoy. Eyewitnesses of the tragedy say the same.

“I listened to my Russian colleague and felt as if we were in parallel worlds,” US Secretary of State John Kerry began his performance rather emotionally, stretching to notes on sheets of paper made during the performance of Mr. Lavrov. According to him, the agreements reached on September 9 in Geneva between the United States and Russia are impossible in the absence of confidence.

"I listened to my Russian colleague and felt as if we were in parallel worlds."

“We cannot leave this hall and say - Okay, we will try to continue, we have an agreement on the ceasefire, which, as everyone knows, does not work. Facts require the restoration of trust from countries, ”said Kerry.

The head of the State Department “ran into Russia quite hard. According to him, Moscow over the past few days changed its versions of what happened near Aleppo, which only incurred suspicions.

“First, President Putin’s spokesman Dmiriy Peskov said that the attack on the humanitarian convoy was a necessary response to the alleged offensive of the al-Nusra* in other areas of the country ... Then the Russian ambassador said that neither the Russian nor the Syrian Air Force bombed this zone, but they aimed at the Khan-Tuman (a height that allows to control the agglomeration of Aleppo).

Then we heard a completely different story. The Ministry of Defense ( RF . - NT) reported that the convoy was accompanied by militants in a pick -up with a mortar. We did not see confirmation of this. And in any case, this cannot justify the violation of the ceasefire, ”Kerry developed his suspicions.

He assured the UN Security Council that it would be impossible to cause such damage to the column from one mortar, destroying 18 trucks with a humanitarian cargo.

“Then the Ministry of Defense completely changed the position and rejected the involvement of Russia ... Then Konashenkov ( Major General Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. -NT) went on and said that all the losses of the humanitarian convoy occurred due to the flashed fire ...” Kerry listed.

According to RIA Novosti, the Ministry of Defense, having studied the videos from the place, found only traces of the fire, which in time coincided with the start of the militants of the Jebhat al-Nusra terrorist group on Aleppo.

On September 20, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published a video surveillance of escort from the unmanned apparatus. According to Igor Konashenkov, they can see how, together with the column, the militants throw a pickup with a large caliber mortar.

"Anyone of those present believes this?" - Kerry addressed with the oval hall of the Security Council.

He did not know then that Major General Konashenkov would present the next version the next day-if they hit the UN convoy from above, then it could be a coalition drone that took off from the Turkish air base of the Indiang. Konashenkov at the same time explained that to disclose all the details of the Russian incident forced categorical accusations by the deputy adviser to the US President for National Security Ben Rogs in applying the air strike on the convoy in Aleppo, as well as the American “leaks” about the allegedly the presence of Su-24 aircraft there.

"General shame"

On the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly, Russia mistakenly struck the humanitarian convoy, but instead of admitting this, trying to cover traces. A few days earlier, the American Air Force mistakenly bombed the positions of Assad’s troops, causing a flurry of indignation in Moscow. However, the Americans did not hide their heads in the sand, pleading their guilt and publicly apologies, noted John Kerry at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

Diplomats in the UN walls indicate Switching by disappointment by the fact that the ceasefire in Syria begins to be like a farce. The agreements that entered into force on September 12 suggest the creation of the Russian Center for the demarcation of opposition and terrorist combat units, as well as the conduct of joint combat operations from the air. As expected, it will be “point, verified blows” in the power of “al-Nusra”*.

Diplomats in the WHO walls speak of Switching disappointment by the fact that the ceasefire in Syria begins to be like a farce

However, neither at a meeting of the UN Security Council, nor at the meeting of the US and the Russian Federation, the head of the diplomacy of the USA and the Russian Federation, apparently, found the soil for compromise. Kerry claimed that for Vladimir Putin and Russia "the moment of truth came." However, his proposals to ban the flights of Syrian aviation, in order to save the ceasefire plan, did not find support from Moscow. The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Ryabkov immediately called them "inoperative."

“No matter how tragic, the split inside Syria leads to a larger schism at the regional level and, as in the mirror, is reflected in the Security Council,” said Pan Gi Moon, Secretary of the UN Security Council at his meeting at a meeting of the UN Security Council. “These discrepancies doom Syria to the continuation of the horror she is experiencing.”

Pan Hi Moon made it clear that Bashar Assad should leave, and called the Syrian political impasse "a common shame."