Russia did not support the UN Security Council draft resolution on the situation in Syria’s north-east initiated by Kuwait, Germany and Belgium, the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN said in a statement.
Damascus has written to the United Nations, saying the recent US downing of a Syrian air force jet shows beyond any doubt Washington’s backing for terrorism.
Russia’s FM official Dmitry Feoktistov said that Russia offered the United States to co-sponsor a UN Security Council resolution that introduces a full trade and economic embargo on ISIS.
The Syrian government has called for the UN Security Council to force Turkey to ends its “aggression” in Syria. According to the Syrian FM, the UNSC should “force Turkey to withdraw its invasion forces from Syrian land and stop the attacks.”