The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told why foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov flew to new York to participate in the activities of the UN General Assembly, despite the non-issuance of visas to the Russian delegation.
So she answered the question, "was there a temptation to" the Minister to turn the plane around over the Atlantic and not fly in the US, as some time ago was made by former foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
Several members of the Russian delegation did not receive Visas to attend the high level week of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, which runs from 24 to 30 September in new York.
Zakharova called "insolvent" links of commissioners of the United States that the situation of non-issuance of visas was " a technical matter ". Visas are not received, for example, the Head of the Secretariat-General of the foreign Ministry Sergei Butin, the head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev and head of the state Duma on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky, translators delegation.
foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow will not leave without reaction non-issuance of U.S. visas to the Russian delegation to attend the UN General Assembly.
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