Slutsky said he did not receive a visa to travel to the UN General Assembly in the United States

"I am the only one of the entire delegation of Russia at the moment has not received a visa," - quoted by TASS Slutsky.

According to him, "the likelihood that it will be given just before departure is extremely small."

He added that "the US Embassy does not explain the reasons for the delay."

Earlier, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, said that not all members of the Russian delegation received visas to participate in the session of the UN General Assembly.