Russia will not join US-led anti-Daesh coalition
Russia's UN ambassador says his country is ready to cooperate in the fight against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists group, but will not join the current US-led coalition as it does not have a UN mandate.
“They bomb the Syrian territory without the consent of the Syrian government and without authorization from the Security Council,” Vitaly Churkin said during a press conference on Wednesday as Moscow takes over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council.
Since September 2014, some members of the US-led coalition have been pounding purported militant positions inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or the United Nations.
The Daesh terrorists, who have been fighting against the Syrian and Iraqi governments and nations, have committed grotesque war crimes in the two neighboring Muslim states.
“They cannot figure out their priorities. We believe that clearly the priority now is to fight ISIL but they cannot make their choice between fighting the Syrian government and ISIL,” he noted.
Churkin also criticized France’s “populist” proposal to limit the use of the veto at the council. “We are against it. This is not a workable proposition; this is not a workable scheme.”
France is trying to persuade the other four permanent members of the Security Council not to use their veto power against actions deemed necessary to address a mass atrocity, claiming that it would guarantee balanced decisions because this way the opinions of the minorities can be taken into account.
Around 70 non-veto wielding member-states at UN have welcomed the proposal but China and the US have also expressed reservations.
"We see it as a somewhat populist proposal. If France wants to limit its own veto, they are welcome," he said.
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