This was told by the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarrick.

“We are very concerned about the visa situation, which the Russian Federation has drawn attention to,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Discussion of this issue will continue with the Russian mission and the US authorities, added Dujarric.

Earlier, the United States did not issue visas to a number of representatives of the Russian delegation to attend the session of the UN General Assembly.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pointed out to US Secretary of State Pompeo the unacceptability of Washington’s actions.

Former UN Under-Secretary-General, Soviet and Russian diplomat Sergey Ordzhonikidze commented on the situation in an interview with NSN.