Bolivia seeks Friday Security Council talks on US Syria strike

Members of the United Nations Security Council on April 5, 2017 in New York, US ( Volkan Furuncu – Anadolu Agency )

Bolivia has requested the UN Security Council hold closed-door consultations on Friday about the US cruise missile strikes on Syria, a senior Security Council diplomat said.

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US President Donald Trump said he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched this week, saying he acted in America’s “vital national security interest” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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