UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the issuance of American visas

The General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the United States not to interfere with the issuance of visas to diplomats from other countries arriving at UN events, writes RBC.

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In particular, the General Assembly expects that entry visas will be issued in a timely manner to all representatives of UN member states, so that delegates can begin to fulfill their duties on time.

The sponsors of the resolution were Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Costa Rica and Côte d'Ivoire. The decision on the document was adopted by consensus without a voting procedure.

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In September, a number of members of the Russian delegation were unable to attend the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, which was held in the United States, due to the issue of American visas. The Kremlin called for a “tough response” from Moscow and the UN. The members of the Iranian delegation also faced the same problem. At the end of October, Russia raised the issue of transferring the First General Disarmament Committee from the United States, but the committee did not support the initiative.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• In early October, Russian diplomats were not allowed into the United States to participate in the Fort Ross Dialogue forum due to visa issues. A little earlier USA denied visas to ten members of the Russian delegation to attend the UN General Assembly session, including Konstantin Kosachev, member of the Federation Council and Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roskosmos.
• Moscow considered Washington’s actions an outrageous example of disrespect for UN members and reported that don't rule out retaliationbut remind that they launched the United States restrictions exchange process.
• Refusal of visas is not new. In 2017, members of the delegation of the Russian Ministry of Defense not given US visas for participation in the joint Russian-Chinese military conference at the UN.

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