The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov with the US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo began in new York on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations, reports journalist Last news . at the beginning of the meeting, the participants shook hands and sat down at the negotiating table. American reporters began to shout questions, however, Lavrov and Pompeo declined to comment to the press. U.S. Secretary of state instead of response greeted the audience: "Hello everyone. I'm glad you're all here." As I said yesterday, the Russian Ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov, Moscow first had hoped that Lavrov and Pompeo will be able to concentrate on improving relations, but now they will have to start with the discussion of visas and sanctions imposed by Washington this week. The last time the head of depodesta met in Sochi in may this year. yesterday the US Treasury Department imposed penalties against three managers of the company "Sovfraht" - Ivan Okorokova, Karen Stepanyan and Ilya Loginov. Washington considered them the violators of penalties against Syria. The Ministry stated that the citizens of Russia took part in the scheme for the delivery to Syria of jet fuel for the Russian military. the foreign Ministry revealed that North America, " openly sided with the terrorists ", As the Russian space forces are helping Syrian government troops in the battle against crime. Also 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. The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called "untenable" explanation of the US capital, according to which the situation has a " technical character ". Visas are not received as well as among them the head of the General Secretariat 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, as well as translators delegation. <span style="color:darkgray