Russia requests private UN Security Council meeting on Syria

Russia asked the United Nations Security Council for a private meeting on Monday to discuss the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.

“Given the recent events in Syria, the depth and consequences of which for this country and the entire region have not yet been fully understood, Russia has requested urgent closed consultations in the UN Security Council,” said the First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, this Sunday (8), on Telegram.

He said the meeting was necessary to discuss what was happening with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which is responsible for maintaining a ceasefire between Israel and Syria and overseeing a buffer zone separating the Golan Heights. occupied by Israel from the rest of Syria.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he had ordered the military to “take control” of the buffer zone.

This content was originally published in Russia requests private UN Security Council meeting on Syria on the CNN Brasil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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