The United States does not issue US visas to Russian journalists to cover Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s work at UN Security Council events in New York. On this subject reported in her telegram channel, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
“On the question of the true attitude of the United States towards journalists. There are 40 minutes left until their flight to New York. They are all at the airport. Visas not issued. Response from the US Embassy: “We are working on it,” she wrote.
Zakharova pointed out that Washington “obviously” manipulates the subject of freedom of expression and the rights of journalists.
In addition, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published video with Lavrov, where he accuses the United States of inconsistency.
“I understood how famous our American colleagues are for this sort of thing, but I was sure that this time, given the attention that was drawn to their ugly behavior, everything would be different. But I had wrong,” the minister said, accusing the United States of cowardice.
Lavrov called the non-issuance of visas to Russian journalists “foolishness” on the American side. “Most importantly, rest assured that we will not forget or forgive this,” he added.
How declared Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters that “the Americans pretended to work, a solution was about to be found.” According to him, the outcome of the communication with the American side on this issue was “deplorable” despite the fact that Washington made “assurances that the visas are on the way, they will be issued soon”.
“We will find forms of response to this so that Americans will remember for a long time that this is not done. And they will remember it, ”promised the deputy minister.
Russian diplomatic source reported RIA Novosti that after Washington failed to issue visas to Russian journalists for the United States, “it will not be surprising if they see a similar attitude towards their own journalists”.
“There is no doubt that American journalists will experience all the discomfort and inconvenience, and a similar attitude,” the agency’s source said.
On the problems of issuing visas to Russian diplomats and journalists in mid-April said Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. April 17 Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya informed that Lavrov and most of the Russian delegation received visas to attend Security Council meetings at the organization’s headquarters in New York. As part of a trip to the USA, Lavrov participate in in debates on the themes “Effective multilateralism in defense of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations” and “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.
In April, Russia chairs the UN Security Council. What powers the Russian delegation receives in this regard and how Western countries and Ukraine reacted to the Moscow presidency, read in the material of Russian media.
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