China and US clash over `belt and road´ credit in UN Security Council resolution on Afghanistan
(World News Russia)

China and Russia clashed with the US and other United Nations Security Council members on Monday over Beijing’s insistence on including a reference to its U$1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative in a resolution on the UN’s political mission in Afghanistan.The mission’s six-month mandate expires on Tuesday, and council members met behind closed doors for more than 2½ hours, unable to agree on a text after China’s demand.Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, council president, said that diplomats… ......