Russia urges UN Security Council to endorse Syria cease-fire
Source: Associated Press
FRIDAY, DEC 30, 2016 11:01 AM EST
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Russia is urging the U.N. Security Council to quickly adopt a resolution endorsing the cease-fire agreement in Syria.
Russias U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters Friday that Russia and Turkey, who brokered the nationwide cease-fire that went into effect at midnight, circulated the agreement to council members Thursday night and a brief draft resolution supporting it.
Churkin said he would formally present the draft during closed Security Council consultations on Friday morning and he hopes the council will unanimously adopt the resolution at a meeting on Saturday. He said the Security Council needs to participate in this important process.
Churkin said the cease-fire agreement also commits the Syrian government and the opposition to enter into direct talks in late January in Kazakhstans capital Astana.
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woundedkarma
(498 posts)What does Putin gain by bringing Syria back to peace?
He's like the villain in a bad action movie.
If you've never seen the second batman movie of the... 90s? The one with Penguin. Penguin comes back to the city... does bad stuff then pretends he stops the bad stuff making him a hero...
But everyone knows he's a villain.
Maybe Putin thinks people will forget how he escalated the Syrian conflict by jumping in and helping to murder people if he pretends he brought the situation to peace. A situation that might have ended in peace months ago if not for him.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)I think it fits. I was wondering about this also. I mean, first Putin brings destruction to Syria now "calls for peace" I'm not buying it. What's in it for him? As you mentioned.
reggaehead
(269 posts)To suspend Russia indefinitely