Relocate important UN talks from USA

BATTLE FOR WORLD / TASS | September 10, 2019: As a result of Washington DC hindering the UN diplomatic process of issuing visas to members of the organization, discussions at some point will get serious about relocating important international talks from the UN headquarters in New York City – due to “visa warfare” being waged by the US, said Russian Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation in International Information Security Andrei Krutskikh on Monday (September 9), in a session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on internet cybersecurity.

“The US are in fact censoring the composition of our negotiating teams, and extending the ‘visa warfare’ towards the UN,” said Krutskikh. And that “If such practice continues, then Russia, along with other like-minded states, will raise the question of at least to relocate from the USA all the important international negotiations, including, of course, OEWG and GGE.” And accused Washington of hindering “normal UN diplomatic process.” Saying that “This is a direct violation by the host country of the UN headquarters of its obligations both towards the Organization and to all states forming the UN family.” 

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