UN Secretary General Guterres discussed with Lavrov the issue of issuing visas to Russian diplomats in the United States

“In addition to the topic of Ukraine, they also discussed other issues: Libya, Syria, and also the ongoing problem of issuing visas between the host country (USA. -

) and Russia,” RIA Novosti quotes Dujarric.

The conversation between the Secretary General and Lavrov lasted about 20 minutes, he noted.

Earlier, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that he had conveyed to Guterres the demand of the Russian side to launch an arbitration tribunal against the United States due to visa issues.

Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that 55 employees of Russian diplomatic missions will have to leave the United States in 2022 at the request of the American side.