RPT - Russia to Insist on Launching Arbitration Against US Over Visas - Polyanskiy

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 19th September, 2022) Russia will insist that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres launch arbitration against the United States due to regular problems with issuing visas to Russian diplomats, Russian Deputy Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik on Sunday.

On Thursday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the majority of Russian delegation members who are expected to attend the United Nations General Assembly have not yet received visas.

"There have been a lot of violations.

Our problems with visas and illegally confiscated diplomatic property have remained unresolved for the sixth year. Restrictions on movement have an even longer history," Polyanskiy said.

According to him, all the "reasonable and limited timeframes" set by the UN General Assembly for eliminating these problems have long passed, "however, the Secretary General, unfortunately, has not yet begun the arbitration procedure."

"He (Guterres) has a mandate for this from the General Assembly. We will continue to insist on its implementation," Polyanskiy said.