Moscow perplexed with Western attempts to slow down work on its draft resolution on Ukraine
MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - Moscow is perplexed with the position of some Western nations, members of the UN Security Council, who are trying to slow down work on the Russian draft resolution on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.
"We are confused with the fact that many Western members of the [UN] Security Council are seeking pretexts to maximally slow down the work on the Russian draft, which actually gives a real chance to launch the process of Ukrainian settlement with political methods," he told a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday.
"We call on UN Security Council members to support the Russian draft and thereby prove their adherence to the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis," the diplomat pointed out.
Russia has submitted an updated draft resolution on Ukraine to the UN Security Council, Lukashevich said, adding that the draft included many ideas of other UN Security Council members.
"We have made some adjustments concerning the area of OSCE operations, among them references which confirm the UN Security Council adherence to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine," the diplomat said.
"The text contains provisions which declare the need for the immediate end of combat operations, the opening of humanitarian corridors for the safe evacuation of civilians and the unhampered delivery of humanitarian aid," he said.
"We also added [a provision], which expressed concern about the use of inhumane weapons, such as phosphorous bombs and unguided artillery projectiles, by the Ukrainian army," Lukashevich said.
