MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Ministry grills US Ambassador in Moscow over theVisa row for the Russia’s UN delegations.
Russian Foreign Ministry slammed Washington for visa denial to members ofthe Russian delegation, who were to attend the United Nations GeneralAssembly.
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned on Tuesday the US envoy to Moscowafter it turned out that the US had failed to provide several members ofthe Russian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly with visastimely.
Commenting on the visa denial, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said thatthe situation was alarming and unacceptable, adding that Washinton’s moveviolates international obligations.
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Earlier in the day, Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian upperhouse’s foreign affairs committee, said he had failed to receive aUS visa in due time and would, therefore, miss the United Nations GeneralAssembly (UNGA) in New York.
