Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East

Vassily Nebenzia (centre left), Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, speaks with Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani (centre), Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, and Lana Nusseibeh (centre right), Minister of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, ahead of the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East.

The Security Council later voted on a draft resolution by several Gulf States that intended to strongly encourage countries to coordinate defensive efforts and deter attempts to interfere with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. The draft resolution was not adopted due to vetoes by Russian Federation and China.