UNITED NATIONS, May 21. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump’s peace plan to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip remains largely on paper, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said.
Addressing a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, the Russian envoy pointed out that Moscow had abstained from voting on UN Security Council Resolution 2803 in support of the plan. "Six months after the vote on Resolution 2803, Trump’s plan remains largely on paper, while claims of achievements are aimed at masking unpleasant realities in the Strip," he noted.
Nebenzya emphasized that Israel’s demands to release hostages held in the Palestinian enclave and return bodies of the deceased had been met in full, while a number of other provisions remained unimplemented. "The plan’s provisions concerning a ceasefire, full-scale humanitarian aid deliveries to the enclave, the handover of control of the Strip to a committee of technocrats, and the deployment of international stabilization forces - to say nothing of promises to turn Gaza into a Middle Eastern Riviera of exemplary cities, breathe new life into the region and create a special economic zone - were not fulfilled," the Russian envoy added.
