"The demarche of the US diplomats at the UN Security Council is a vivid illustration of the fact that now there are clashes within the ‘one league’ - the conditional West. France publishes statements objectionable to the United States, and the United States defiantly withdraws from its ally's speech," the parliamentarian said. Because Paris and Washington have different audiences, different sponsors, and different understandings of how to play in this tournament," the senator noted. On Monday, diplomats from the US Permanent Mission to the United Nations left the Security Council chamber during France's speech. After the vote, French diplomats said that "the United States was once a beacon of human rights, but that is no longer the case."