UN Secretary General ‘turns blind eye’ to US visa delays for Russian diplomats – Moscow

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Washington delays issuing visas to Russian officials in a blatant attempt to force them out of their UN positions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, adding that the UN Secretary General simply shuts his eyes to this problem.

Russia and the US have been engaged in a heated visa dispute for several months already. Moscow says that the Russian officials scheduled to take up their posts at the UN headquarters in New York, and particularly at the UN Secretariat, can’t assume their duties because Washington delays their applications processing for an indefinite period.

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