New York [USA]: Russia on Tuesday casts a veto at the United Nations Security Council; avoid the renewal of the directive for a mission that looks into the use of chemical weapons in the attack on Syria's revolt seized town Khan Sheikhoun.
The directive of a joint UN organization for the ban of chemical weapons is due to expire in mid-November.
The inquiry by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) - known as the Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) - was collectively formed by the 15-member UN Security Council in 2015, and recharged in 2016.
A JIM report on who is responsible behind the April 4 attack on Khan Sheikhoun owes on October 26.
Russia wanted to talk about the JIM report before casting its vote on extension of the consent.
"We are ready to return to extending the JIM after the publication of the report and after we discuss it after 26 October," Russian Ambassador to UN Vassily Nebenzia was said.
However, his request for postponing the vote did not yield the desired result.
Russia is one of among five countries that can apply veto powers at the Security Council.
Its veto on the probe has invited disapproval from the United States.
"Russia has once again demonstrated it will do whatever it takes to ensure the barbaric Assad regime never faces consequences for its continued use of chemicals as weapons," US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley quoted.
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