In late February, the United States imposed sanctions on Lavrov, which included, among other things, an entry ban.
Russia requests from the United States to ensure unimpeded access for the Russian delegation to participate in the UN General Assembly in New York. This was announced on Wednesday, August 17, by the Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, the Russian Interfax reports.
“We can say with confidence that we would like to see Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov at the UN General Assembly.
In recent years, more than once the United States has created difficulties for us in business trips, including the UN line. The embassy has applied to the White House, the Department of State with a request to fulfill the obligations of the country on whose territory the UN headquarters is based, and to immediately issue visas to the minister and all members of the Russian delegation,” Antonov said.
“Tomorrow I will have another visit to the State Department, where I intend to raise this problem as one of the main issues, the problem of the full, full participation of our minister and delegation in the coming events in September in New York,” added the ambassador.
Remember, Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow’s military goals in Ukraine “now go beyond Donbass”, Moscow is aiming at the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
The Pentagon responded to Lavrov’s words about “changing goals in Ukraine. The United States believes that the words of the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry are not new for Western countries.
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