Russia warns against new UN approval on use of force without clarifications


Russia could oppose the UN Security Council in adoption of any new resolution approving use of military force without clarification, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Tuesday.The top Russian diplomat said that Moscow did not consider the UN Security Council resolution 1973 on Libya as a precedent and insisted that the frameworks of the use of military force in conflict situations would be determined more clearly in the future.”We would not like the Security Council to decide on anything like that again, and we would like the text to be as specific as possible on who will use military force and how it will be used,” Lavrov was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.He added that it was “a serious thing” and people need to “learn from the experience.”Lavrov said when the UN …

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