A top Russian diplomat said on Tuesday that the United States is preparing a resolution at the United Nations Security Council that it hopes will avert an immediate diplomatic showdown over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and restart the peace process.
“We have the U.S. text at our disposal,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, told reporters in Moscow. “That the Americans have proposed their own text is a sure sign they proceed from the understanding that some [Security Council] resolution is necessary.”
American officials at the U.N. declined to comment on Gatilov’s remarks. But speaking in London on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State …read more
Source: Newsweek
