The UN General Assembly will hold a vote on a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid access in civil-war-torn Syria on Friday.

On Monday, a vote on a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire in Syria’s Aleppo at the UN Security Council was vetoed by Russia and China. UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura told reporters after a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday that the time has come to consider renewing the political discussion on Syria.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin cited de Mistura as saying on Thursday that a large-scale international operation is needed to reconstruct Syria, which has been under global war since 2011.

Source: Sputnik