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UNITED NATIONS | TASS | Russia is concerned about the situation in the Red Sea and is confident that developments there are the direct projection of violence in the Gaza Strip, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
“I think that hardly anyone of our counterparts will deny the fact that developments in the Red Sea are the direct projection of violence in Gaza, where the cruel operation of Israel continues already for three months,” the Russian diplomat said at the meeting of the UN Security Council.
Russia has serious concerns regarding “the state of affairs in the Red Sea area,” Nebenzya stressed. “Trade routes passing through it are a critical artery for international commerce,” he noted.
Meanwhile, Nebenzya added that the actions of the United States that undermine all efforts to establish ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and outrage the Arab world.
“Time and again, exercising the veto right for this purpose, Washington undermines all the efforts to provide Palestinians with humanitarian aid and both products of the [UN] Security Council passed over that time – resolutions 2712 and 2720 – essentially remain non-implemented. This provokes anger in the Arab world, which sometimes acquires such hazardous forms as actions of the Ansar Allah [movement]. It is becoming increasingly difficult for governments of Middle East countries to control emotions of population; it is almost impossible in a situation when a non-state player intervenes,” the Russian diplomat said at the meeting of the UN Security Council.
“The Middle East region is very disappointed that during all that time, the US covering up Israel’s actions holds hostage other members of the Security Council and does not allow adoption of a resolution demanding the immediate ceasefire,” Nebenzya added.
