Russian embassy demands from White House to issue visa to Lavrov

18 августа 2022
The Russian embassy in the United States demanded that the White House and the State Department issued a visa to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to attend the UN General Assembly, BelTA informs.

According to Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, the UN headquarters is located in New York. The U.S. is obliged to provide visas to Lavrov, as well as other members of the Russian delegation to attend the General Assembly of the world organization. Antonov also recalled that Washington had previously created difficulties for Russian diplomats who planned to travel to the U.S. to attend the U.N.