UNITED NATIONS, January 28. /TASS/. Moscow expects Washington to provide details about its idea for an international stabilization force for the Gaza Strip, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.
"We are waiting for more specifics from the American side about the deployment of international stabilization forces to the Strip, including the makeup, size, and mandate of the mission," he pointed out at a UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East.
The Russian envoy noted that the effectiveness of such forces "would directly depend on whether the parties accept them, as well as on their ability to impartially carry out missions under their mandate." "The use of force must be severely restricted so that peacekeepers don’t become a party to the conflict," Nebenzya stressed. "Basically, we believe that the further implementation of the peace plan will require the mediators to focus on a search for a comprehensive negotiated solution to the issue of disarming Palestinian groups and withdrawing Israeli troops from Gaza. Attempts to resolve the situation by using military force will lead nowhere," he added.
Nebenzya also emphasized that any plans to forcefully resettle Gazans were unacceptable, regardless of the pretext.
