“With regard to the UN, this (visa problems. - RT ) did not start this year, which has already postponed a number of meetings from New York, because key players do not receive visas. Globally, of course, this includes the image of the United Nations, it’s a blow to the UN’s reputation, it’s just a shame, ”RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the meeting confirmed that neither he nor President Donald Trump was involved in the issue of visas to several members of the Russian delegation to the UN.
At the same time, Lavrov pointed out to Pompeo the unacceptability of US actions to refuse Russian representatives visas.
The deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Ryabkov, said that Russia, in response, proposed to postpone the meeting of the UNGA First Committee from the United States.
Andrei Klimov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, commented on the situation in an interview with Vzglyad.