“Support for one particular side in an internal conflict and attempts to impose a political scheme on the scale and pace of reforms from the outside present a dangerous path that leads to the expansion of zones of instability and the strengthening of elements of chaos in international affairs,” Lavrov said.
Russia’s UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said that the proposed Security Council resolution “sent an unbalanced signal to the Syrian parties.” He also said Western nations behind the resolution were “calling for regime change, pushing the opposition towards power.”
China’s official news agency Xinhua quoted Li Baodong, the Chinese representative to the UN, as saying further consultation was needed on the resolution text.
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