Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre as a genocide that was set to be passed on Wednesday.
The resolution, drafted by the UK to mark the 20th anniversary of the killings, saw 10 Security Council members vote in favor, with China, Nigeria, Angola and Venezuela abstaining.
Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, deemed that the resolution was “not constructive, confrontational and politically motivated.”
Mr Churkin added,
“Our vote against will not however mean that we are deaf to the sufferings of the victims of Srebrenica and other areas of Bosnia Herzegovina.”
The United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague has ruled that the Srebrenica massacre was a genocide.
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