UNITED NATIONS, October 28. /TASS/. Russia counts on timely adoption of its UN Security Council resolution about US biological labs in Ukraine that envisages a fact-finding mission, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS, October 28. /TASS/. Russia counts on timely adoption of its UN Security Council resolution about US biological labs in Ukraine that envisages a mission to investigate the information, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council on Thursday.

"We put forward to the Security Council a draft resolution. In accordance with Article 6 of the BTWC [Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention], the draft is aimed to set up and dispatch a commission to investigate into the claims against the US and Ukraine contained in the complaint of the Russian Federation regarding compliance with their obligations under the BTWC in the context of the activities of biological laboratories in the territory of Ukraine," the Russian diplomat said. "At the moment, the draft is under discussion at the expert level, and we count on its prompt endorsement and adoption."

"We expect that the commission would manage to clarify all circumstances of Washington and Kiev’s possible non-compliance with their obligations under the BTWC in the context of biolaboratories’ activities in the Ukrainian territory with a view to stimulate the American and Ukrainian sides to remedy the outstanding intolerable situation," Nebenzya went on.

"We also expect that the commission would present a relevant report on the issue containing recommendations to the Council no later than November 30, 2022 and inform the BTWC states-parties of the results of the investigation at the Ninth Review Conference to be held in Geneva on November 28 - December 16, 2022," he added.