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Most media around the world did not pay much attention to this UN Security Council meeting.
That was because the meeting was like a routine one, with some long speeches regarding ISIS.
But the speeches did contain some diplomatic issues.
The UN Secretary General said for the first time that some countries may be supporting extremist groups like ISIS.
The UN Security Council meeting had not ended yet, when another UN official announced there are documents that confirm ISIS gets some half-billion dollars from selling oil.
Russia accuses Turkey of supporting ISIS. It has asked for the shutting of the Turkey-Syria border and international observes sent to the port of Ceyhan.
On the other hand Russia wants to exaggerate using chemical weapons by ISIS.
The Russian ambassador to the UN said that his country, in cooperation with China, is working on a project regarding the use of chemical weapons by extremist groups. But the project is just in Syria, and Iraq may not be included.
A British diplomatic source told Rudaw that the UK, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, might not support the Russian project.
US announcements regarding the war against ISIS have changed recently, showing that ISIS threats in Iraq are much less than they used to be.
This might be a reference to a new war against ISIS, in which the US and UK don’t need the Kurdish Peshmerga’s support anymore.
That was because the meeting was like a routine one, with some long speeches regarding ISIS.
But the speeches did contain some diplomatic issues.
The UN Secretary General said for the first time that some countries may be supporting extremist groups like ISIS.
The UN Security Council meeting had not ended yet, when another UN official announced there are documents that confirm ISIS gets some half-billion dollars from selling oil.
Russia accuses Turkey of supporting ISIS. It has asked for the shutting of the Turkey-Syria border and international observes sent to the port of Ceyhan.
On the other hand Russia wants to exaggerate using chemical weapons by ISIS.
The Russian ambassador to the UN said that his country, in cooperation with China, is working on a project regarding the use of chemical weapons by extremist groups. But the project is just in Syria, and Iraq may not be included.
A British diplomatic source told Rudaw that the UK, which is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, might not support the Russian project.
US announcements regarding the war against ISIS have changed recently, showing that ISIS threats in Iraq are much less than they used to be.
This might be a reference to a new war against ISIS, in which the US and UK don’t need the Kurdish Peshmerga’s support anymore.
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