UNSC calls emergency talks on Crimea
March 02, 2014  00:31
The UN Security Council will meet today for a second round of emergency consultations, officials said, after Russia's parliament approved the deployment of troops to Ukraine. 

The president of the Security Council, currently Luxembourg, invited members to "informal consultations" at 1900 GMT, a statement said. 

The announcement came just hours after Russian leader Vladimir Putin won approval from lawmakers to send Russian troops into Ukrainian territory. 

Britain's ambassador, Mark Lyall Grant, tweeted that the meeting was called at London's request. 

The UN envoy to Ukraine, Robert Serry, announced earlier that he was leaving the country because it was impossible to visit Crimea as requested by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. 

Ban ordered Serry to visit the Crimea in a bid to de-escalate tensions after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council yesterday.

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