Alwaght- Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Wednesday that Western calls for a probe into the use of drones allegedly supplied to Russia by Iran set a “dangerous” precedent.
“The actions of Western delegations, who demand the secretariat organize a probe into the use of drones create a very dangerous precedent for the United Nations’ work. From the legal point of view, they want an artificial expansion of the secretariat’s competences and endowing it with extra functions by means of infringing upon the Security Council’s prerogatives," Russian Tass news agency quoted him as saying.
He added: “We call on the Security Council members to defend the UN Charter, to condemn the Western delegation’s actions that are undermining it, and to speak up clearly for the Secretariat’s sticking to Article 101 of the Charter and its mandate.”
The Russian delegation has heard nothing legal in the argument in favor of organizing a probe into the use of drones in Ukraine, Nebenzya suggested.
"Today, we have heard nothing legal in the reasoning of those countries who demanded the Secretariat organize a probe. Only the same old misleading deliberation about the Secretariat’s duty to respond to the member states’ inquiries," he said. "It was especially touching to hear the United States, the major resolution violator, accusing Russia of violating resolution 2231."
"The Secretariat must respond to member states’ inquiries, but it must be guided by its mandate and the UN Charter rather than requests from some states," he maintained.
The West has recently been accusing Russia of using Iran-supplied Kamikaze drones in its rejuvenated operations in Ukraine. Iran denied that it provided Russia with drones for use in Ukraine, saying that the West was promoting a hate campaign against Tehran and Moscow.
