Moscow Hopes Authors of UN Resolution on Aleppo Will Stop Supporting Jihadists

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Russia hopes that authors of draft resolution of the UN Human Rights Council on Aleppo, presented by the United Kingdom, will stop supporting jihadists and will help to remove al-Nusra Front militants from the war-torn city, the speech by Russia's envoy to the UN office in Geneva (UNOG) Alexei Borodavkin revealed Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Borodavkin was unable to finish his speech at a special session of Human Rights Council in Geneva on Friday, as his microphones were switched off without warning. The Russian Foreign Ministry later released the whole speech.

"We hope that these states will finally hear the voice of mind, stop supporting jihadists and start killing them by deed, not by word. [Russia hopes] they will promote separation of terrorists from the moderate opposition and help to remove al-Nusra Front and its supporters from Aleppo… will put an end to deliveries of weapons to terrorists and render real assistance to continuation of the intra-Syrian talks," the speech, published on Russian Foreign Ministry website, reads.

Terrorist-controlled eastern Aleppo districts as seen from the city's Citadel. (File) - Sputnik International
Moscow: Initiators of UN Rights Council Session Try to Save Terrorists in Aleppo
On Friday, the UN Human Rights Council approved the draft resolution on the situation in Syria and its northern city of Aleppo, proposed at the special session of in Geneva. The meeting was convened upon an initiative of the United Kingdom and supported by a number of countries, including Germany, Turkey, France and Saudi Arabia.

As many as 24 members of the council voted in favor, seven against and 16 abstained. Russia has proposed several amendments for the document, all of which were rejected.

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