A number of official Russian delegates have been denied US visas for participation in the UN General Assembly session

NEW YORK CITY, USA - SEPTEMBER 26, 2018: A meeting of the UN Security Council on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons takes place as part of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

MOSCOW, Sep 24, 2019, TASS. The United States’ refusal to issue entry visas to a number of Russian delegates to the UN General Assembly session is an example of Washington’s outrageous disrespect towards UN members, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS.

“A number of official Russian delegates have been denied US visas for participation in the UN General Assembly session. This is an example of the United States’ outrageous disrespect towards UN members and of failure to comply with its obligations of the host country,” she said.