Unfortunately it’s the nature of dictators. When they start to feel under pressure because of the economy etc they point over there and say “that country is the reason we are struggling, we should take their stuff, everything will be better if we do.”
Unfortunately this the sort of thing the UN should be dealing with, but they can’t because of bureaucracy / corruption / incompetence, take your pick.
I love this shit. They are stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they stick to dogma they become irrelevant, if they water their rules down to “allow” same-sex couples they appear hypocritical, and irrelevant. Either way they lose, which is better all round for society.