“When we say that a resolution is not binding, we mean that it does not impose any new obligations on the parties, as, for example, some UN resolutions that impose mandatory sanctions impose actual requirements... We believe that the resolution The UN Security Council has weight and must be respected,” TASS quotes him.
He also added that the American side believes that the path to a ceasefire and the release of hostages is through negotiations between Israel and Hamas, facilitated by third countries and in which the United States participates, and not through the UN process.
Earlier, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, at a Security Council meeting, commenting on Thomas-Greenfield's statement, asked whether the United States considers itself bound by the UN Charter.