Baku-APA. Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have provided respite to Syrians as desperately-needed humanitarian aid flows into the battled city of Aleppo, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.
The plan to hold up a seven-day cessation of hostilities fell by the wayside after the two of the five permanent members of the Council, as well as a as a non-permanent member, Venezuela, voted to shoot down the bill. The other permanent members include France, U.K. and the U.S.
The resolution needed 9 out of the 15 Council votes and the non-rejection of all five permanent members.
It marks the fifth time Russia and China jointly blocked Security Council action on Syria, and the sixth for Russia on its own.
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