Russia on Friday vetoed, as expected, in a vote in the UN Security Council, a resolution co-authored by the United States and Albania deploring in “the strongest terms” son “aggression against Ukraine“and asking him to withdraw”immediately“his troops from this country.
Of the 15 members of the Council, 11 countries voted in favor of the text, three abstained: China, India and the United Arab Emirates. The project had been softened in the hours before the ballot for “to secure“abstentions and prevent these three countries from voting no, according to a diplomat.
The proposed text thus no longer included the term “condemn“, replaced by “deploreA reference to Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which provides for the possible use of force, has also been deleted.