China’s Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun commented on the vote on the draft resolutions to extend the mechanism for delivering aid to Syria across the border that “The Security Council should develop a clear timetable for terminating this mechanism in We should respect the sovereignty of Syria as soon as possible, and aid through it should become the main channel for humanitarian aid.

He emphasized, according to Xinhua, that “the cross-border aid delivery mechanism is a temporary agreement based on the special situation in Syria,” reaffirming China’s position of supporting the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people through the United Nations and the international community in accordance with the principles of humanity, impartiality. and honesty. He pointed out that “his country provides various types of assistance to Syria, through various channels and actively.”

Russia vetoed a Western draft UN Security Council resolution to extend Security Council Resolution 2585, adopted on July 9 last year, to send aid to Syria across the border with Turkey for a year. .