Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the UN Security Council on Wednesday and stated its resolutions on the Gaza Strip have did not cease the bloodshed in occupied Palestinian territories.
Lavrov stated at a Security Council assembly on the Middle East, chaired by Russia, that it’s the fourth time in 10 months that the Council has met on the ministerial degree.
“Four resolutions have been adopted. However, the ongoing bloodshed in the occupied Palestinian territories only reaffirms that all of these decisions have remained ink on paper,” stated the Russian diplomat.
Lavrov famous that “a frank and honest conversation is needed” to right away cease the bloodshed, the struggling of civilians and a transfer towards a long-term settlement.
“The large-scale military operation which Israel has conducted, together with its American ally, has resulted in horrifying statistics in terms of casualties and destruction in 300 days in 10 months,” stated the overseas minister.
“Let’s put it that method. In 10 months, there’s nearly 40,000 useless and 90,000 injured Palestinian civilians, most of whom are kids and girls.
“This is twice as many as the number of civilian casualties on both sides over the 10 years of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine. Ten months have yielded twice as many civilian casualties as 10 years of the conflict in Ukraine after the coup in February 2014,” stated Lavrov.
He cited Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ quote in 2009 because the High Commissioner for Refugees, the place he stated Gaza has grow to be “the only conflict in the world in which people are not even allowed to flee.”
“Nothing has changed since then, the situation has only deteriorated further,” stated Lavrov. “The current unprecedented explosion of violence in the Middle East is largely a consequence of failed US policy in the region.”
Flouting a UN Security Council decision demanding a direct cease-fire, Israel has confronted worldwide condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7 assault by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas.
Nearly 38,800 Palestinians have since been killed, largely ladies and youngsters, and greater than 89,100 injured, in response to native well being authorities.
Over 9 months into the Israeli onslaught, huge tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of meals, clear water and drugs.
Israel is accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, whose newest ruling ordered it to right away halt its army operation within the southern metropolis of Rafah, the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict earlier than it was invaded on May 6.
Source: www.anews.com.tr