United Nations rebuffs Russia accusation that United States visa delays being ignored
Antonio Guterres
UNSecretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly expressed concern to Washington overUSvisadelaysfor officials fromRussiaand other countries, aUNspokesman said on Thursday after Moscow accused Guterres of turning a blind eye.
Moscow says Washington has deliberately delayed issuingvisas toRussian officials traveling to theUNheadquarters in New York, a moveRussiahas said could further damage strained relations.
TheRussian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused Guterres of ignoring theUSvisadelays.
"For many months, the Secretary-General and the United Nations Legal Counsel have repeatedly conveyed their concerns and the legal position of the Organization to senior representatives of the host country,"UNspokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
Dujarric said Guterres and his team continued to follow the matter closely.
The latest report from theUNCommittee on relations with the United States as a host ofUNheadquarters in New York noted that other countries including China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Cuba had also complained aboutUSvisadelays.
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According to the report, the United States said it takes its responsibilities asUNhost country seriously but added that Washington "reserved the right to exclude individuals in certain limited cases where there was clear and convincing evidence that the individual was traveling to the host country primarily for purposes that were outside the scope of United Nations business and were prejudicial to the host country's national security."