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| US President, Donald Trump |
Following an attack on the United States
of America last week on its Baghdad, Iraq, embassy by pro-Iranian demonstrators,
it has criticized Russia and China for their failure to condemn the act.
While congratulating the 27 of the 193
member nations that did issue statements condemning the December 31 attempt to
storm the compound, the US mission to the UN said that Russian and Chinese
silence undermined the Security Council.
“Not allowing the United Nations Security Council to issue
the most basic of statements underscoring the inviolability of diplomatic and
consular premises once again calls the council’s credibility into question,”
the US statement said.
Washington held that voicing
support for the 1961 Vienna convention that protects diplomatic missions
“should not be controversial or warrant courage”.
“As we have demonstrated, we
will not tolerate attacks on US personnel and facilities and will respond
decisively to protect our interests, citizens and allies,” it added.
The attack on the Baghdad
embassy, which did not lead to any injuries, was meant to protest a US
airstrike against Ketaeb Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia which the US had
blamed for rocket attacks on its facilities in Northern Iraq that resulted in the
death of a US contractor.
President Donald Trump
responded to the attack on the embassy by ordering a drone strike in Baghdad
that killed one of Iran’s top military commanders, Qasem Soleimani, and the
head of the KH militia.
UN sources said on Monday that
no country had so far called for a Security Council meeting to address the
soaring tensions that the attacks had triggered in the Middle East.
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