The United Kingdom\u2019s priority is restoring regional stability in the Middle East as soon as possible and preventing this crisis escalating further.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s ongoing reckless attacks against countries across the region threaten to expand the conflict.<\/p>\n
That is why the UK voted in favour of the resolution tabled by Bahrain condemning Iran\u2019s attacks against the territories of its neighbours.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That text was grounded in the facts and backed by the region, responding directly to the needs of our partners in the Gulf and Jordan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It focused squarely on protecting civilians and restoring regional stability.<\/p>\n
And we are pleased that this Council was able to send a clear condemnation of Iran\u2019s reckless attacks by adopting this resolution.<\/p>\n
By contrast, this Russian resolution does nothing to address the concerns of those in the region who have faced unprovoked and unjustifiable attacks.<\/p>\n
And it is impossible to overlook the hypocrisy of Russia presenting itself here as a guardian of international peace and security.<\/p>\n
It continues to reject Ukraine\u2019s proposal for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
It attacks Ukraine\u2019s civilian infrastructure night after night with the very same Iranian-designed Shahed drones that are now striking targets across the Middle East and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In return for Iran\u2019s support, Russia has provided Iran with advanced military capabilities, increasing the threat that Iran poses to the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We should be in no doubt where Russia stands in this conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So Russia\u2019s resolution would have only served to distract this Council from the serious work required to end the conflict.<\/p>\n
That is why the UK did not support the resolution.<\/p>\n
Our collective priority must be to secure stability in the region and the protection of civilian life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That is what the UK government has been focusing on, and will continue to do, alongside our allies, including in this Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom\u2019s priority is restoring regional stability in the Middle East as soon as possible and preventing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-470950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}