"The 16 that voted against Monday’s resolution alongside the U.S. and Russia were Israel, Haiti, Hungary, Palau and the Marshall Islands; the African countries Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Niger and Sudan; and Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, Mali and Nicaragua ...Sixty-five countries, including China, abstained from the vote. But China President Xi Jinping affirmed his country’s support for Moscow on Monday after a video call with Russia President Vladimir Putin.“History and reality show us that China and Russia are good neighbors who won’t move away, and true friends who have been through thick and thin together, support each other and develop together,” Xi was quoted as saying in Chinese state media." ("The Hill" yesterday)
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