If Britain wants to participate in a military operation in Syria against the terrorists of the “Islamic state”, it is necessary to start consultations in the UN security Council, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
MOSCOW, 18 Nov –. The official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the statement of the Prime Minister of great Britain David Cameron on the London desire to obtain the mandate of the UN security Council to conduct military operation in Syria.
“If the UK leadership had a desire to act through the security Council, the hand should not stretch to the microphone and to the telephone, to give instructions to his Ambassador to the UN to begin consultations. Vitaly Churkin on the spot, just in case,” writes Maria Zakharova on his official page in social network Facebook.
Earlier, Prime Minister of great Britain David Cameron said that his country would like to have the mandate of the UN security Council to conduct operations in Syria, but believes that Russia will veto it.