At the end of a European summit, Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to find “an agreement” at the UN Security Council on the basis of a French text on the “necessity” of a ceasefire. “immediate” fire in Gaza. A desire which comes after the vetoes of Russia and China to an American resolution.
Emmanuel Macron expressed on Friday his desire to find “an agreement” at the UN Security Council on the basis of a French text, after the veto of Russia and China to an American resolution emphasizing the “necessity” of an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza.
American reluctance is “now lifted”
“We have a draft resolution that we are resubmitting and that we are working with several partners,” declared the French head of state after a European summit in Brussels. “I think that this project, if it is, as we have started to do, worked with several regional partners, in particular from the Arab world, can lift the vetoes which were expressed on the American proposal,” continued Emmanuel Macron , citing Jordan and the United Arab Emirates as partners.
He estimated that the diplomatic work carried out with these countries could help “convince China and Russia not to veto”. He was delighted that the United States had “changed its position” and indicated “its desire to now very clearly defend a ceasefire”. “There was American reluctance for a long time. It is now lifted, there is alignment on a good basis for our text thanks to what has happened in recent hours. It’s a good thing,” he said. is he congratulated.
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, the Americans had systematically opposed the use of the term “ceasefire” in UN resolutions, blocking three texts in this sense. But they finally decided to put to the vote this Friday a text which noted “the need for an immediate and lasting ceasefire to protect civilians on all sides, to allow the provision of essential humanitarian aid (… ), and with this in mind, unequivocally supports international diplomatic efforts to achieve such a ceasefire in connection with the release of the hostages still held.”
Russia and China vetoed this on Friday, with the Russian ambassador denouncing a “hypocritical” text which does not directly call for silencing the guns.