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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Churkin: Russia will Veto Western Draft Resolution as it is a Preface for Military Intervention in Syria 
2012-07-18
(SANA) -- Russia's Permanent Envoy to the United Nations
...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
, Vitaly Churkin, stressed that his country will veto any western draft resolution that constitutes a preface for military intervention in Syria.

Russia Today TV Channel quoted Churkin as saying, " Any hint to Chapter VII in Western draft resolution will be totally unacceptable to Moscow", pledging that Russia will use veto against it.

The Russian Envoy pointed out to a Russian decision prepared by his country to vote for at the Security Council with regard to Russia's readiness to adopt a draft resolution that would expand the mission of UNSMIS in Syria.
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