Russia, UAE call for emergency UN Security Council meeting Wednesday: Diplomat

AFP , Tuesday 17 Oct 2023

Russia and the United Arab Emirates called Tuesday for an emergency UN Security Council meeting following Israel's deadly strike on a Gaza hospital that left at least 600 people dead.

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File photo: A meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York City on September 21, 2023. AFP

 

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"Russia and the United Arab Emirates have called for an urgent public meeting of the United Nations Security Council in the morning of October 18 over the strike on a Gaza hospital," the Russian ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanski, said on Telegram.

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