
Members of the UN Security Council did not reach an agreement on the draft Russian resolution containing the requirement to terminate the actions that undermine the sovereignty of Syria. According to the BBC, this was announced by the Chairman of the Security Council Rafael Ramirez.
According to him, the project of the resolution was rejected by six countries, including the United States, France and Great Britain. However, Ramirez emphasized, the Security Council has time until Monday to hear the countries of the countries for the resolution.
Before the meeting, the constant representative of France at the UN Francois Delater criticized the Russian project. He stated that he considers the release of Russia’s policy, which “unconditionally” supports Syria President Bashar al -Assad.
The United States Permanent Representative to the UN Samantha Power said that the Russian project has no future.
As TASS supplemented , the introduction of a draft resolution by Russia was a response to the shelling of Turkey by the positions of the Syrian Kurds, as well as Ankara's plans to start a ground operation in a neighboring country. In this proposed project, Turkey is not mentioned, but the “continuing shelling of the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic”, as well as the “incessant stream of foreign terrorist militants and illegal supplies of weapons”, carried out in violation of the resolutions of the Security Council and “when connected or the direct complicity of some states”, including the neighbors of Syria, are condemned.
The document "decisively requires to fully respect the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and immediately stop any shelling across the border and intervention, as well as leave all attempts or plans for a foreign military invasion of Syrian territory.
On February 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration of Syria announced the invasion of the country of Turkish military . It was alleged that 12 pickups equipped with machine guns of the DShK of caliber 14.5 millimeters drove into the territory of Syria. There were about 100 people in the cars.
On Monday, the Minister of National Defense of Turkey said that Turkish troops were not part of the territory of Syria . At the same time, he confirmed that military Turkey really fired at four regions in the north of Syria.
On February 19, French President Francois Hollande on the air of France Inter announced the threat of war between Russia and Turkey. According to Hollande, this is not a direct military clash, but most likely about the "indirect war", when the parties apply air strikes on targets in the north of Syria.