Russia expects UN to "more actively" help Europe with refugee crisis

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov on Tuesday urged the United Nations to play a more active role in solving European refugee crisis.

The problem could not be solved without united effort, without the more active involvement of the UN and its agencies, Gatilov told reporters.

"New measures must be studied...The EU is failing to solve the refugee problem and there is no common solution," declared Gatilov, quoted by Tass news agency in a report.

According to him, the UN Security Council resolution on the refugee crisis is almost finalized and could be voted on "within the next two days."

"Attempts to say that all this happens because of the national policy pursued by Assad are inconsistent. People are fleeing the war and terrorist activities of Islamic State (IS)," said Gatilov, who criticized western countries for trying to blame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the refugee crisis.

Russia has kept warning that the conflicts fomented by the West in the Middle East and North Africa could lead to such humanitarian problems, said the Russian official.

A growing number of people in Middle East and North African countries have been seeking to escape wars and terrorism at home and chosen European countries as their destination, leading to a severe refugee crisis in the European continent.

Gatilov urged the international community, especially the U.S.-led anti-IS coalition, to coordinate the anti-terrorism actions with Syrian government.

Moreover, according to Gatilov, a more realistic and cooperative attitude is expected to affect and change the current U.S. strategy of insisting on the resignation of Syrian President Assad. Endit