China has decided to abandon the practice of “abstention” in voting at the UN on documents with harsh wording regarding the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
The Chinese delegation voted “for” the resolution of the General Assembly, where Russia is called the “aggressor”, follows from the data published by the Icelandic representation in the UN.
Document A/77/L.65 “Cooperation between the UN and the Council of Europe” speaks of the “unprecedented exports” facing Europe “after the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and before that against Georgia.”
The resolution also calls for “repairing the damage” caused to the victims of Russian military aggression and “bringing to justice all those who are guilty of violating the norms of international law.” In addition to China, Kazakhstan and all other post-Soviet republics, except for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, voted in favor of the document, as well as countries that the Russian authorities call “friendly”. Among them are India, Brazil and Türkiye.
Votes “against” came from only five states. In addition to Russia, these are Belarus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nicaragua and Syria. 122 countries spoke in favor.
https://kapital-rus.ru/news/395699-kitai_vpervye_priznal_rossiu_agressorom_na_ukraine/
We will have to wait for the next vote to be sure.
The Sunday Times writes that the South African government has asked Putin to stay away from the upcoming BRICS summit in South Africa.
The country will otherwise have to arrest him in accordance with the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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