The vote was 9-2 with four abstenions – India, South Africa, Brazil and Lebanon. It was China’s sixth veto and Russia’s 124th.

“A certain state has used its veto power 50 times to protect Israel and still threatens to use it again. This could amount to be an accomplice in genocide. This conduct is equal to turning a blind eye to and supporting the Israeli massacre in the occupied Arab territories and it used the developments in Syria to divert the international public opinions away from the legitimate Palestinian demands,” he said.
The Jewish Lobby played a major role in blocking US-Syria diplomatic relation. In January 2011, Washington sent Robert Stephen Ford as its ambassador to Damascus after five years ahead of anti-government riots. Ford was appointed by Barack Obama during the recess of Senate from December 22, 2010 to January 5, 2011 without Senate’s approval. Ford is member of the powerful Zioncon think tank CFR and the convicted pro-Israeli Jew Elliot Abrams praised Ford twice recently in the CFR magazine.
“The US ambassador met with saboteurs in Hama – who erected checkpoints, cut traffic and prevented citizens from going to work,” the interior ministry said in a statement.
“The ambassador incited these saboteurs to violence, to demonstrate, and to refuse dialogue,” with the government, it added.
Later both ambassadors were pelted with eggs and tomatoes in Christian neighborhood in Damascus.
Russia, which stands firmly against any mention of sanctions citing the example of Libya where the NATO countries largely overstepped the UN mandate in a military operation against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, said the text of the document was “unacceptable” despite several changes to the draft.
Interestingly, both Russia and China went along United States in case of four Crippling Sanctions against Islamic Republic.
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