UNITED NATIONS: Russia, China, Venezuela and Angola snubbed an informal United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday on human rights in Crimea a year after Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, diplomats said.
Russia’s parliament approved the annexation of Crimea on March 21 last year after Russian forces took control of the peninsula, which is home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, and residents backed joining the Russian Federation in a referendum.
“We consider this event counterproductive and provocative. It doesn’t fall within the purview of the UN Security Council,” said Russian UN mission spokesman Alexey Zaytsev.
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Source: Free Malaysia Today
