‘Council failed to shoulder its responsibility’:
Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Bahraini foreign minister, is reading out a statement on behalf of Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan at the Security Council.
The countries “express their regret that the resolution presented before you today has not been adopted”, Al Zayani said.
“The council failed to shoulder its responsibility in relation to an illegal conduct that requires decisive action with no delay,” he continued.
“We had hoped that the draft resolution would present a step towards a permanent solution that would ensure navigational freedom in the Strait of Hormuz as an national waterway that no country has the right to obstruct … according to international law.”
Per Al-Jazeera