Russia condemned an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria, known as on the Jewish state to stop such “utterly unacceptable” actions, and has requested a gathering with the UN Safety Council concerning the strike.
The UNSC will maintain an open assembly at Russia’s request, in line with TASS, citing Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s First Deputy Everlasting Consultant to the UN.
“After Israel’s airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus at this time, Iranians have turned to the UN Safety Council to sentence this motion,” Polyansky posted on X. “Following their letter, now we have requested an open briefing of the UN Safety Council. The Maltese presidency has scheduled it for 3:00 p.m. New York time (10 p.m. Moscow time) on April 2.”
The strike
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran stated killed seven of its navy advisers, together with three senior commanders, marking a major escalation in Israel’s battle with its regional adversaries.
“We strongly condemn this assault on the Iranian consular mission in Syria,” Russia’s international ministry stated. “Such aggressive actions by Israel are completely unacceptable and have to be stopped.”
The Kremlin stated on Tuesday {that a} suspected Israeli air strike towards the Iranian consulate in Damascus was an act of aggression.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated such assaults violated all of the foundations of worldwide regulation.
The Iranian Mission to the UN referred to the alleged Israeli strike as “cowardly” and a “terrorist assault” and that it was a “flagrant violation of elementary norms and rules of worldwide regulation.” They claimed that the launching level of the strike was from the Golan Heights, describing the area as “occupied,” and stated the airstrikes resulted in “the whole destruction of Iran’s diplomatic premises in query.”
“We urge the Israeli management to desert the observe of provocative navy actions on the territory of Syria and different neighboring international locations,” it stated.
