UNITED NATIONS, January 11. /TASS/. The latest resolution condemning the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea that was adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) cannot be viewed as legitimizing actions by the Washington-led coalition, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a UNSC meeting.
"We would like to stress once again that this resolution cannot be viewed as legitimizing actions in the Red Sea by the so-called coalition made up of the United States and its satellites," he said.
According to Nebenzya, the United States and its allies "cobbled together the so-called international coalition primarily consisting of US ships that should allegedly ensure security, while, in effect, the legitimacy of its actions raises some very serious questions in terms of international law."
"We regret that, despite insistent demands by quite a number of delegations, including Arab representatives, the document has no mention of the deplorable situation in the Gaza Strip as the genuine primary reason behind the instability in the Red Sea," the Russian envoy said.
As many as 11 UNSC members voted for the measure, while four countries, namely, Russia, China, Algeria and Mozambique, abstained.
The document, authored by the United States and Japan, "condemns in the strongest terms" the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels since last November and demands that Yemen’s Houthis immediately end their attacks.