Russia has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, which aims to revive the stalled internationally-sponsored peace roadmap for the Middle East. Despite objections from Israeli officials at the UN, the council's president, Ismael Gasper Martins of Angola, told reporters that he expected a text to be approved 'by the end of the week'. The draft resolution does not call for changes to the original text, and only for all parties involved to 'fulfil their obligations under the Roadmap in co-operation with the quartet [the US, the UN, Russia and the EU] and to achieve the vision of two states'. Reports indicate that France is likely to co-sponsor the resolution (MEED 7:11:03).