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2024-04-03 International-UN-NGOs
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Russian Federation requests a UN Security Council meeting in connection with the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia has requested an open meeting of the United Nations Security Council in connection with Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus (Syria). This was announced on the night of April 2 by the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky.
“After the Israeli air attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the Iranians appealed to the UN Security Council with a request to condemn this action. In follow-up to the Iranians’ letter, we requested an open meeting of the UN Security Council,” Polyansky wrote in his Telegram channel.
As Polyansky indicated, the meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 2, at 15:00 local time (22:00 Moscow time).
Earlier, the Permanent Mission of Iran to the UN, calling Israel's attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus a crime and a terrorist act, sent a letter to the organization's Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the Chairman of the UN Security Council calling on them to condemn the incident.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus and called on Tel Aviv to abandon any provocative military actions. The Russian Foreign Ministry also called on the international community to give an appropriate legal assessment of the strike by the Israeli armed forces.
As Regnum reported, on April 1, Israel launched a missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria, located in one of the most densely populated areas of Damascus. According to Tansim, the attack killed up to seven people, including two military advisers to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi.
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Russia strongly condemns Israeli air raids on Syria, stated the Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya on April 2. at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization.
He noted that Moscow regards these Israeli actions as a gross violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. The diplomat called such attacks absolutely unacceptable and demanded that they stop.
The permanent representative also emphasized that the Russian Federation urges Israel to abandon the practice of provocative military actions in Syria and other neighboring countries. According to him, this creates a threat throughout the region.
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In addition, Nebenzya added that Russia calls on the UN Security Council to strongly condemn the Israeli attack.
As Regnum reported, on April 1, Israeli aircraft launched a missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, while the Syrian air defense forces were able to partially repel the attack.
As a result of the raid, two generals of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, were killed, as well as five other representatives of this armed formation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack on the consulate and called on Israel to stop such actions. In addition, Russia demanded to hold an open meeting of the UN Security Council at the request of the Iranian side.
Iranian authorities said they reserve the right to take countermeasures and respond to Israel. Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi called the Israeli airstrike on the consulate an inhumane attack.
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