The UN Security Council did not adopt a resolution of Russia on the investigation of the undermining of the “Nord Streams”

The UN Security Council did not adopt the Russian draft resolution on the establishment of an international commission to investigate the undermining of the Nord Stream, report “RIA News”. The document did not receive the required number of votes.

Only three countries voted “for” – Russia, China and Brazil. The rest abstained. According to the agency, for adoption, the resolution must gain 9 out of 15 votes, and none of the permanent members of the Security Council should be against it.

Permanent members of the Security Council are Russia, China, UK, USA and France. Non-permanent – Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, Malta, Mozambique, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Ecuador, Japan.

Earlier today, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov declaredthat Western countries are trying to exclude the topic of sabotage on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines from the information agenda, but Russia will not let this happen.

The Nord Stream incident occurred on the night of September 26, 2022. Pressure dropped in both pipelines. Two subsequently discovered leaks were in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Sweden, and two more were in the Danish EEZ. Initially, Germany, Sweden and Denmark agreed to conduct a joint investigation, but this idea was later abandoned. In October 2022, Sweden announced the completion of the investigation, stating “increasing suspicions of gross sabotage”, but those responsible for what happened were not named.

On March 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian side offered the Danish authorities to form an international group of experts and conduct a survey of the Nord Stream lines, but received an ambiguous answer. 16 March Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lökke Rasmussen informedthat Copenhagen will not give Moscow permission to participate in the Nord Stream investigation. According to him, the investigations of Denmark, Sweden and Germany can be trusted, because in these countries “the rule of law reigns.”