A United Nations Security Council vote to secure commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz faces a potential veto, as China strongly opposes a draft resolution authorizing the use of defensive military force.
UN Security Council Set To Vote On Hormuz Reopening
The 15-member council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Bahrain-drafted resolution intended to reopen the crucial waterway, which has been effectively closed to traffic for over a month.
While the draft authorizes “all defensive means necessary” to protect ships for at least six months, Beijing has made its resistance clear.
Speaking to the Security Council on Thursday, China’s U.N. envoy Fu Cong explicitly opposed the authorization of force, according to Reuters. He warned that the measure risks “legitimizing the unlawful and indiscriminate use of force, which would inevitably lead to further escalation of the situation and lead to serious consequences.”
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