Russia says US did not grant visa for vice-minister to attend UN Security Council meeting
Russia called the denial a breach of U.N. rules and said it was the latest in a series of visa disputes with Washington.
- On May 26, Russian UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the United States of denying a visa for Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a UN Security Council meeting chaired by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
- The visa denial emerges amid easing tensions between Washington and Moscow, as President Donald Trump seeks to end the Ukraine war, though the U.S. continues enforcing sanctions on Russia.
- Nebenzia argued the visa denial violates the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement, which requires the U.S. to grant diplomatic access 'without charge and as promptly as possible,' and constitutes disrespect toward China's Security Council presidency.
- Russia accused Western-led countries of using double standards, citing remilitarization in Germany and Japan as threats to global security, while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world faces the highest conflict levels since the UN's founding.
- Similar visa restrictions have affected Iranian officials, with Abbas Araghchi cancelling his participation in Tuesday's Security Council meeting due to visa issues, mirroring the U.S. pattern of diplomatic visa denials unexplained by the State Department.
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Russia says US did not grant visa for official to attend UN meeting
Russia’s UN ambassador said on May 26 that the US did not grant a visa for Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a UN Security Council meeting and called it a breach of US obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement.
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The United States refused to issue a visa to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia to participate in a meeting of the UN Security Council
The US administration has not issued a visa to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya.
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Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN said the Russian delegation had been invited by the Chinese Foreign Minister, with Beijing currently holding the presidency of the Security Council.
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