Russia and China blocked the adoption of the UN Security Council of a resolution on Aleppo

The UN Security Council was unable to adopt a resolution on the announcement of a truce in Syrian Aleppo, the UN news center reports . When voting on the project submitted by the delegations of Egypt, New Zealand and Spain, Russia and China used the right to veto.

In the draft resolution, it was proposed to declare a seven -day truce in Aleppo a day later. The authors of the resolution also demanded from the parties to the conflict to provide the UN and its partners with the opportunity to evacuate from the besieged and inaccessible areas of the sick and wounded, old people, children and pregnant women.

"In the current project of the resolution, we are not talking about the departure of militants from East Aleppo, but about the immediate ceasefire. At the same time, the militants are allocated 10 days to decide whether they will be able to become part of the truce or not. As we know, such respite were used each time by militants to replenish the reserves and restoration of forces," the Permanent Representative of Russia said to the voting of the VITITALIA. Churkin.

Churkin also noted that the draft resolution was submitted to the vote in violation of the procedural rule, which provides for the provision of a council for 24 hours to familiarize themselves with the final version of the text. “In this case, this is of fundamental importance, since additional time would allow members of the Council to take into account some new circumstances and come to the consensus resolution,” the Russian representative said.

In addition, Churkin said that Russia is working on another peaceful initiative with the United States. However, Washington consider this work meaningless.

“In Russia, they say that they are close to an agreement with the United States about the permission of the situation in the east of Aleppo, and this resolution interferes with these negotiations. This is a fictional alibi. We have not reached a breakthrough, because Russia is more focused on maintaining its military successes than helping residents in Aleppo,” said the US Department of Minister of the UN at Michelle Sison.

According to the UN, 13.5 million inhabitants of Syria need humanitarian aid. 6.1 million became internal refugees. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians live in a blockade.

The Syrian government troops, with the support of Russian aviation, have an offensive in Aleppo for a fourth week. To date, the army has controlled about 60 percent of the city. Residents massively move into quarters occupied by government forces. According to some estimates, about 250 thousand people remain under the control of the rebels. Food and medicines reserves are almost exhausted. Humanitarian organizations are preparing for an even greater influx of refugees.

On November 29, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the Syrian government forces managed to radically turn the situation in East Aleppo . “Over the past day, thanks to the very prepared and accurate actions of the Syrian troops, it was possible to radically turn the situation,” the general said. “In fact, half of the territory of the militants engaged in the last years in the eastern part of Aleppo has been completely liberated.”

On the same day, French Foreign Minister Jean-Mark Airo demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the situation in Aleppo. "More than ever we need to urgently take measures to terminate hostilities and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid," Airo said.