GENEVA, Apr 26 headquarters of the UN, limiting the issuance of visas to Russian diplomats, delegations and journalists, said Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN in Geneva.
«The United States is grossly abusing its UN host country status. You may have heard that a large group of Russian media representatives, journalists like yourself, were denied US visas to accompany Russian Foreign Minister Sergei — ed. ) Lavrov to New York as part of his official delegation,» Gatilov said at a briefing with UN-accredited journalists from the ACANU association.
The diplomat added that this is not the first time that the United States has prevented the participation of Russian official delegates in UN meetings, although this is «obviously not expected.»
«As our foreign minister said in New York two days ago, a genuine multilateral approach in its current form requires adjustment within the UN itself to develop a multipolar architecture of international relations,» Russia's permanent representative specified. Gatilov believes that it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the UN Security Council by increasing the representation of the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council, said that the UN and the requirements of its charter pose a threat to Washington's global ambitions.