Due to US visa policy, 34 Russian diplomats cannot travel to their homeland
Due to the US visa policy, 34 diplomats of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN and members of their families cannot travel to their homeland, including for humanitarian reasons. This was stated by the head of the legal referent office of the permanent mission, Sergei Leonidchenko, at a meeting of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country.
“34 employees of the Russian permanent mission and 43 members of their families are waiting for the extension of visas. The average time is five months or more. All this time, they remain de facto deprived of the opportunity to travel to their homeland, including for serious humanitarian reasons, ”RIA Novosti quoted Leonidchenko as saying. The diplomatic representative noted the increased practice of visa discrimination against Russian citizens.
On September 1, the Russian delegation was not issued visas, thereby The United States disrupted the participation of the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev at the UN Interior Ministers Summit. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya reminded that granting visas to delegates is not a privilege, but an obligation. In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov still has not received a visa to participate in the UN General Assembly, reports FAN. UN Secretary General António Guterres stated that he is in constant contact with the United States and Russia on the issue of granting visas to the Russian delegation, clarifies RT.
Due to the US visa policy, 34 diplomats of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN and members of their families cannot travel to their homeland, including for humanitarian reasons. This was stated by the head of the legal referent office of the permanent mission, Sergei Leonidchenko, at a meeting of the UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country. “34 employees of the Russian permanent mission and 43 members of their families are waiting for the extension of visas. The average time is five months or more. All this time, they remain de facto deprived of the opportunity to travel to their homeland, including for serious humanitarian reasons, ”RIA Novosti quoted Leonidchenko as saying. The diplomatic representative noted the increased practice of visa discrimination against Russian citizens. On September 1, the Russian delegation was not issued visas, thus the United States disrupted the participation of the head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, in the summit of the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the UN. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya reminded that granting visas to delegates is not a privilege, but an obligation. In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov still has not received a visa to participate in the UN General Assembly, FAN reports. UN Secretary General António Guterres said that he was in constant contact with the United States and Russia on the issue of granting visas to the Russian delegation, RT specifies.