Conclusion about the transfer of the First division of the UN General Assembly are obliged to take members of the organization, said the Commissioner of the General Secretary Stefan Dujarric.
So He explained the proposal of the Russian capital to move from new York meeting of the Department dealing with disarmament and international security after the scandal with the non-issuance of U.S. visas to members of the Russian delegation.
As said Dujarric, It is until not familiar with the official Russian proposal. Authorized the Secretary-General drew attention to the United Nations to take all necessary measures after the Russian letter on non-issuance of U.S. visas.
before the official representative the Ministry of foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova said that certain members of the Russian delegation, who were obliged to participate in U.S. events under the auspices of the UN, have not received visas for " technical reasons ". For example, in new York are unable to go the head of the General Secretariat of the foreign Ministry Sergei Butin, the head of the international Department of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev, head of the state Duma on international Affairs Leonid Slutsky and interpreters.
The foreign Ministry criticized the U.S. prosecution in default of direct obligations of the UN and the head of the Ministry Sergei Lavrov called the refusal to issue visas to shame. In interview to the newspaper "Kommersant" He said that in 2018, Moscow has met Washington and at the request of the American partners have included coming to the Russian Federation delegation, Senator Ron Johnson, are in the sanctions list.
U.S. policy promised to meet the mirror, however, As said Lavrov, this year in the capital of the United States told that to issue a visa to any party blacklist " fundamentally impossible ". The diplomat called it a sad demonstration of " American exceptionalism ".
He also promised a "surprise" for US after the decision of the capital of the United States on visas.
Russia's permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva Gennady Gatilov said that Moscow made a proposal to move from new York meeting of the First division in Switzerland.
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