Russia will not approve the use of force against the Syrian regime at the United Nations, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday at a briefing in Moscow.
“We will not sanction the use of force at the United Nations Security Council,” Lavrov said in televised remarks as he gave a briefing on Russia’s proposal for an international conference on Syria. Russia, along with China, has vetoed two Security Council resolutions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and have vowed to oppose any military intervention. Former UN chief Kofi Annan, the author of a fledgling peace plan on Syria, called Friday for “additional pressure” in the wake of a new massacre as he held talks in the United States. Britain, France and the United States will quickly draw up a Security Council resolution proposing sanctions against Syria over the worsening conflict, diplomats said Friday.
