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The problem of issuing US visas has a direct impact on the ability of United Nations entities to work in New York, TASS reports.
According to the representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric, the solution to this problem is very important. He assured that the secretariat of the largest international organization was constantly in contact with the American authorities, trying to solve the visa issue. This topic was raised personally by Secretary General António Guterres, he added.
Dujarric could not yet tell how difficult it would be to transfer the work of the entire First Committee of the United Nations to another city. He is confident that this will entail some economic costs. But if the UN member countries make this decision, the secretariat will do everything possible to implement it.
Russkiy Mir
reported earlier that eighteen Russian diplomats did not receive American visas. Russia has proposed moving the meetings of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly from the United States from 2020.
According to Dmitry Polyansky, who holds the post of Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, the First Committee and the UN Disarmament Commission may convene in Austria or Switzerland.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres supported the Russian position on the issue of refusal of the United States to issue visas.
Russia has convinced a wide range of countries that its position is correct and that its demands are fair. Moscow believes that the United States, as a host state, does not fulfill its obligations. Washington justified the visa problem with a security consideration. In Russia, this argument was called ridiculous and absurd.
Russkiy Mir
