Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Koussay Aldahhak, said on Monday that Syria has filed a complaint with the UN Security Council and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, calling for an end to Israel's aggression against Syria and for preventing Israel from benefiting from the regime change in Syria. Aldahhak said that the Syrian permanent mission to the UN and all Syrian embassies abroad have been instructed to continue their work during the transition period, and that the Syrian foreign minister is still performing his duty in Damascus.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Monday that the Golan Heights will remain an integral part of Israel. With the support of Defense Minister Israel Katz and all members of the security cabinet, Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to seize the buffer zone along Israel's border with Syria.
According to Russian media reports, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said on Monday that Russia has noticed Israel's argument about the Golan Heights. He noted that Israel is now openly violating the buffer zone on its border with Syria, and Russia is not clear about which part of the Golan Heights Netanyahu believes belongs to Israel.
Nebenzia revealed that the UN Security Council discussed the necessity of drafting a document related to the situation in Syria during a closed-door consultation on Monday, and it may be released in the coming days.
Syria files complaint with UN, calling for end to Israeli aggression
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.
Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.
Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.
Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.
Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future
