Russia: Proposed UN statement on Syria one-sided

Russia blocked a UN Security Council declaration on the siege of the Syrian town of Qusair over the weekend because it amounted to a demand for a unilateral ceasefire by government forces, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich described what is happening in Qusair as a "counterterrorist operation against militants who have been terrorising the population" of the Syrian town. (Reuters)