Russian Ambassador: “Desire to redeem the current administration’s image”
The Chinese ambassador also said, “The United States is using excessive force against the world.”
US “proportional response”… Pressure on relevant countries to control militias
While the United States launched a retaliatory airstrike for the death of three soldiers in an attack by a pro-Iran group on a U.S. military base in Jordan, Russia and China strongly criticized the U.S. attack on the international stage, saying that the attack was illegal.
Russia also accused the U.S. Joe Biden administration of carrying out this airstrike with the presidential election in mind.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 6th (local time), Russia and China strongly condemned the U.S. retaliatory airstrikes at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council held the previous day, saying they were an act that violated the territorial integrity of Iraq and Syria.
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Venenzia said, “The United States has once again committed illegal and irresponsible acts in the Middle East,” and criticized the United States for encouraging bigger enemies such as Iraq and Iran to engage in war.
They also linked the retaliatory airstrikes to the U.S. presidential election. “These attempts to ‘show off muscle’ show a desire to influence the domestic political landscape,” Ambassador Benenja said. “As the presidential election campaign heats up, there is a desire to somehow redeem the current administration’s disastrous image on the international stage.” did.
China also joined the criticism. Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Zhang Jun said, “One country’s security cannot be achieved at the expense of other countries,” and criticized the United States for excessive use of force and manipulation of public opinion around the world.
Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Saeed Iravani, also countered that Iran does not have military bases in Iraq and Syria and does not command proxy militias.
However, he said, “Iran has never tried to bring the conflict with the United States into Iraqi territory,” and reiterated its previous position that it does not want war with the United States. Ambassadors from Syria and Iraq also condemned the deaths of civilians in this airstrike.
Robert Wood, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for special political affairs, defended the airstrikes, saying they were “necessary and proportional” and consistent with international law and the right to self-defense.
He condemned the killing of U.S. soldiers by Iran-backed militias as unacceptable and evaluated that this attack successfully degraded the capabilities of the militias. He also called on countries linked to Iran to take action to control Iranian-backed militias.
The United States launched retaliatory airstrikes on 85 locations in Syria and Iraq on the 2nd in connection with the incident on the 28th of last month at Tower 22, a base stationed in Jordan, which was attacked by a pro-Iranian group drone and killed three American soldiers.
Source: Donga
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