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The journalists’ purpose was to cover Lavrov’s appearance at the United Nations to mark Russia’s presidency of the Security Council. (Image: Reuters file)
There was no immediate comment from the US State Department on the denied visa claim.
Russia said on Sunday that the United States had denied visas to journalists who wanted to cover Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to New York, and Lavrov suggested Moscow would take strong retaliation.
There was no immediate comment from the US State Department about the denied visa claim. The journalists’ purpose was to cover Lavrov’s appearance at the United Nations to mark Russia’s presidency of the Security Council.
“A country that calls itself the strongest, smartest, freest and fairest country has made a fool of itself by showing its sworn assurances about protecting freedom of expression and access to information,” Lavrov said before leaving Moscow on Sunday. Is it.”
“Be sure that we will not forget and we will not forgive,” he said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, “I emphasize that we will find ways to respond, so that the Americans remember not to do this for a long time.”
The dispute comes in the wake of high tensions with Washington over the arrest last month of Wall Street Journal reporter Ivan Gershkovich, whom Russia accused of espionage. The United States has declared him “wrongfully detained”.
After Russia sent troops into Ukraine, many Western journalists stationed in Moscow left the country. Russia currently requires foreign journalists to renew their visas and accreditation every three months, compared with once a year before the fighting began.
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