The mission stated in a statement that the Security Council’s decisions “must reflect the agreed international legal framework and affirm the basic solutions and principles, foremost among them the two-state solution for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.” It noted that these principles were completely absent from the American project, which prompted Russia to draft an alternative project aimed at achieving sustainable peace in the Gaza Strip.
The mission clarified that the core of the Russian draft resolution is to enable the Security Council to determine practical mechanisms for deploying a peacekeeping force and civil administration in the strip, in line with approved international legal standards, contributing to stopping violence and achieving long-term stability.
The statement added that the draft resolution calls on the UN Secretary-General to prepare a report that includes “options for implementing relevant provisions of President Donald Trump’s plan,” while emphasizing “the utmost importance of preserving the international legal basis accumulated over decades regarding the Middle East settlement according to the two-state formula.”
The Russian permanent mission to the United Nations also confirmed that the draft resolution proposed by Russia to the Security Council regarding Gaza does not conflict with the American initiative. A statement from the mission said, “We see that the purpose of our draft resolution is to amend the American concept to bring it closer to the long-agreed United Nations resolutions.”
The statement added, “We affirm that our document does not conflict with the American initiative. On the contrary, it acknowledges the tireless efforts made by mediators — the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey — without which the long-awaited ceasefire and the release of hostages and detainees would not have been possible.”
Earlier, the United States proposed deploying an international security force in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement reached in the strip. The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip came into effect on October 10.
As part of this agreement, Hamas released 20 prisoners who had been held in Gaza since October 7, 2023, thereby freeing all remaining hostages. In response, Israel released about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including those serving life sentences. Hamas is currently returning to Israel the remains of their hostages who died in captivity.
The Palestinian side has returned the bodies of 24 hostages whose identities have been confirmed. According to Israeli data, there are four more deceased hostages in Gaza.
In the second half of October, The Wall Street Journal reported that Hamas and Israel began technical discussions on the second phase of Trump’s peace plan, which includes the disarmament of Hamas, the administration of the Gaza Strip after the war, and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the semi-blockaded Palestinian sector.
The New York Times quoted diplomats saying that the United States is pressing the UN Security Council to approve President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Gaza Strip.
