Russia demanded arbitration in the UN due to non-issuance of visas by the US authorities
Russia demanded to start the arbitration procedure in the UN to resolve the situation with regular non-issuance of U.S. visas to foreign diplomats, said Last news diplomatic source.
Russia demanded to start the arbitration procedure in the UN to resolve the situation with regular non-issuance of U.S. visas to foreign diplomats, said Last news diplomatic source.
On Tuesday, the UN held a meeting of the Department on relations with the host country on which the Russian side has again raised the issue of non-issuance of U.S. visas to diplomats of other countries.
authorized the UN has promised to give these data to the Secretary-General antónio Guterres.
According to the source, the Russian position was supported by China, Iran, Syrian Arab Republic, Cuba, Belarus, Nicaragua." Expect the Secretary General to take appropriate decision and will start the arbitration procedure ", - said the head of the Department.
at the beginning of winter, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the US to quickly issue visas to the delegates sent to participate in UN events. The document stipulates that if the Problems with visas are not resolved in a reasonable and less term, is " seriously to consider the possibility of action under section 21 of the agreement on headquarters ". The story is about the resolution of disputes through arbitration between the United Nations and the United States.
Problems with issuing visas to Russians to participate in international events within the United States began to emerge periodically in 2014 after a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations because of the situation in Crimea and the Donbass. So, in 2015, the United States has issued visa restrictions for the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, which she had to cancel a visit to attend the global conference of heads of parliaments of the countries participating in the inter-Parliamentary Union.
in 2017 with the problems faced by the Russian foreign Ministry staff on assignment in the Ambassador's residence in the United States, the Consulate General and permanent mission at the UN. Then "under attack" turned out to be Authorized of Russia submitted to the UN Secretariat in new York. In 2019, has been denied entry to many of those who had to participate in the plenary sessions of the UN General Assembly and its individual committees.
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