Russia urges terrorist Umarov to be subject to UN sanctions

MOSCOW, February 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia said on Thursday it
considers unjustified US objections against the inclusion of Chechen
terrorist warlord Doku Umarov into the list of the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee.
"We consider such an approach unjustified and urge our US partners to
lift their objections in the UN Security Council Committee 1267 against the Russian application," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.
The inclusion of Umarov into the consolidated sanctions list of the
committee "would meet both the interests of the fight against terrorism in general and the growing Russian-US anti-terrorist partnership," he added.
The sanctions envisage asset freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo for
individuals and entities associated with the Taliban and the Al-Qaida.
Umarov took on responsibility for the latest terrorist act in the
Domodedovo airport in Moscow which killed 36 people.
Lukashevich said Russia proposed to include Umarov and his Caucasus
Emirate terrorist organization into the sanctions list yet in November
2010.
"Despite the arguments of the Russian side that convincingly proved
that Umarov and the so-called Caucasus Emirate are closely linked to
Al-Qaida and the Taliban movement the committee postponed the decision on our application upon a proposal from the US delegation," Lukashevich said.
He recalled that last year the United States listed Umarov as the most
dangerous international terroris.