“From the point of view of ensuring the effective work of the UN open-ended working group, the full participation of states in the negotiation process is of paramount importance.
We draw attention to the failure to fulfill obligations to receive UN agencies not only by the United States, but also by Switzerland, ”RIA Novosti quotes her.
Tyazhlova noted that the Russian side has "quite specific claims" regarding the issuance of visas to Russian experts to participate in UN events in Geneva.
Russia considers unacceptable the discriminatory practice of “cutting off representatives of states from events under the auspices of the organization under the pretext of artificially imposed visa barriers,” she concluded.
Earlier, Russia strongly protested to the US authorities because of the refusal to issue visas to Andrey Krutskikh, the presidential special envoy for international cooperation in the field of information security, and some members of his delegation who were sent to the UN.
Director of the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ivan Volynkin in an interview with TASS said that contacts between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the US State Department on visa issues and on the normalization of the work of diplomatic missions are continuing.