Minister-Counsellor at the us Embassy was summoned to the foreign Ministry
The Russian foreign Ministry summoned the Minister-counselor of the us Embassy Tim Richardson, said the Agency.
The Russian foreign Ministry summoned the Minister-counselor of the us Embassy Tim Richardson, said the Agency.
employees of the foreign Ministry expressed protest in connection with the statements of U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman about the "failure" of visas to employees of the Anglo-American school.
in the Russian Ministry stressed that Moscow is ready to the maximum to quickly issue visas to all employees of the diplomatic missions of the United States provided that Washington will do the same.
the foreign Minister noted that the government of America must stop the practice of refusals of visas and that the capital of the United States depends, when will be unlocked the visa process.
first, the Ministry commented that the school works as a commercial enterprise and is not placed within the U.S. Embassy, but the US asked to accredit teachers as administrative and technical staff of the diplomatic mission - although the same categories of employees of the Russian missions, visas are not issued.
Article about the fact that the Russian Federation as if to deny employees the Anglo-American school visas, published in the new York times. Then U.S. Ambassador to the Russian capital Jon huntsman confirmed these data. He said that the Russian Federation refused to issue visas for 30 teachers.
then the press attache of the U.S. Embassy Andrea Kalan said Fins news that the Us side had requested for teachers diplomatic visas, as it was required by the Russian authorities. The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has rejected these data.
"of course not. The American side has requested visas for teachers to staff the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Russia, " wrote Zakharova in Facebook.
She pointed out that " the Russian side explained this is a violation: either the teachers are employees of the Embassy, and then the school must act within the limits of the diplomatic mission, or the teachers do not have diplomatic status, then the school Should be registered in Accordance with Russian legislation."
the foreign Ministry added that the U.S. government has specially created an impasse to come up with another scandal.
Russia's Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov described the text, the new York times lies because not a single refusal of visas was not.
according to his statement, such article is the pressure and breaking the hands.
"It is unlikely that the policy of pressure on the Russian side will give some results," - said the Ambassador.
He said the uncertainty of arrival of administrative and technical staff of the school creates difficulties in work and for Russian and American diplomats.
"We need to move away from these populist slogans, from the desire to stab one another, it is Necessary to engage in concrete actions to address the issues of improving Russian-American relations" - concluded the Ambassador.
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