Go to the media bankThe building of the US Embassy in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, Oct. 22 The US Embassy in Moscow, in response to a request from RIA Novosti to talk about the situation with visas for the Rosatom delegation, recalled that the diplomatic mission does not comment on individual visa cases. Earlier, the state corporation Rosatom accused Washington that the United States, in fact, blocked Russia's participation in the international conference of the IAEA in the capital of the United States, calling it disrespectful to the agency on the American side. The IAEA International Ministerial Conference «Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century» is to be held in Washington on October 26-28.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the visit of the IAEA Director General to Moscow»Information regarding visas is confidential according to American law, so we cannot comment on individual cases,» the agency's interlocutor said. anti-Russian sanctions, prohibit the US embassy from hiring personnel from third countries, the embassy's ability to process visa applications has been seriously reduced. At the same time, the agency's interlocutor stressed that «the US embassy in Moscow processes hundreds of visa applications for Russian delegates participating in international events.»< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/c7aed25876b52380ec9217e9ab2914a0.jpg" />The United States intends to conduct a dialogue with Russia on issues of interest to Washington In mid-April 2021, Washington once again expanded anti-Russian sanctions and expelled 10 diplomats. Russia, in response, included the United States in the list of unfriendly countries, which, in particular, was banned from hiring Russians and third-country nationals in embassies. The American diplomatic mission stated that it would have to significantly reduce the staff, so it would not be able to provide consular services in full. Since mid-May last year, Russians have stopped issuing non-immigrant US visas in Russia. In October 2021, the US State Department recommended that Russians apply for American immigrant visas in Warsaw. In June 2021, after the summit of Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden in Geneva, Moscow and Washington began contacts on the issue of normalizing the work of embassies, but, according to the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, this process is «marking time» because of the US attempts to put pressure on Russia in order to bargain for unilateral advantages. After Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine, contacts between the Russian Federation and the United States on this and other issues declined sharply. Kyiv for ZNPP
