MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signalled on Monday that Russia would oppose a U.N. resolution authorising cross-border aid deliveries to Syria if it threatened to enforce it by military action.
The remark set the stage for a potential new showdown between Moscow and Western members of the U.N. Security Council, where Russia and China have blocked resolutions that would have condemned Syria's government or threatened it with sanctions.
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