Russia’s permanent representative to UN criticized a US-backed three-phase ceasefire plan for Gaza, saying it lacks details for its implementation, Anadolu Agency reports.

Vassily Nebenzia held a news conference after Russia took over the presidency of the Security Council in July, and responded to Anadolu’s question on the implementation of the resolution that supports the truce proposal announced by US President Joe Biden, with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining on June 10.

Emphasising that an “unequivocal, immediate and verifiable ceasefire” must be demanded by the Security Council first, Nebenzia said the US proposal did not clearly address the issue of the truce.

He said the proposal in the resolution was “vague” and lacked necessary details.

Nebenzia said Russia abstained as it did not want to sign a resolution whose implementation, objectives, and timeframe were unclear.

“We did not want to give a blank document to our colleagues to pretend the implementation in fact, sabotage the [ceasefire] process, which we see happening,” he said.