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Russia Blocks U.N. Draft Condemning Syria Shelling of Turkey
[An Nahar]  Russian objections to a draft U.N. statement condemning Syria's deadly shelling of Turkey sent the Security Council back into consultations, diplomats said Thursday.The draft had been expected to be approved by a "silence procedure" -- the text is considered adopted if no country objects -- but "the Russians broke the silence," Britannia ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told news hounds. He did not give details on the Russian objections. The draft statement condemns "in the strongest terms" the Syrian strike against Turkey, saying the shellings "constitute a serious threat to international peace and security." Posted by: Fred 2012-10-05 |
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