Go to mediabankMOSCOW, Sep 13Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was given a visa to participate in the work of the UN General Assembly, the foreign ministry told reporters. «Today, visas were given to Lavrov and a number of accompanying persons,» the ministry said. other members of the delegation. The ministry also recalled the need to promptly resolve the issues of the arrival of Russian diplomats that arose due to illegal sanctions restrictions by the United States. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated that the States violated their obligations by not issuing visas to members of the delegation, since the United States must provide entry documents to all to the participants of the General Assembly.
01:40The diplomat spoke about discrimination against Russians who joined the UN fulfill their obligations. The high-level week of the UN General Assembly will be held from September 20 to 26 in person. The Russian delegation will be headed by Lavrov. Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya wrote to the Secretary General of the organization that as of September 1, none of the delegation had received US visas. He asked the head of the UN to point out to Washington the need to issue entry documents. Russian diplomats sent to work at the UN regularly encounter problems obtaining entry documents. Moscow noted that the employees of the permanent mission to the organization and delegates from Russia have been systematically denied visas for several years. The situation with the confiscated Russian diplomatic property in the United States remains unresolved, as well as with the restrictions on movement that the American side imposes against certain diplomats. Under an agreement between the UN and Washington, America, as the host, should not interfere with the visit of representatives of member countries to the organization.
12:03The State Duma threatened to support the transfer of the UN headquarters from the United States
