U.N. rebuffs Russia accusation that U.S. visa delays being ignored

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has more than once communicated concern to Washington over U.S. visa delays for authorities from Russia and different nations, a U.N. representative said on Thursday after Moscow blamed Guterres for choosing to disregard.

Moscow says Washington has purposely deferred giving visas to Russian authorities heading out to the U.N. central command in New York, a move Russia has said could additionally harm stressed relations.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday blamed Guterres for overlooking the U.S. visa delays.

"For a long time, the Secretary-General and the United Nations Legal Counsel have more than once passed on their interests and the lawful situation of the Organization to senior agents of the host nation," U.N. representative Stephane Dujarric said in an announcement.

Dujarric said Guterres and his group kept on following the issue intently.

The most recent report from the U.N. advisory group on relations with the United States - as host of U.N. base camp in New York - noticed that different nations including China, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Cuba had likewise grumbled about U.S. visa delays.

As indicated by the report, the United States said it accepts its duties as U.N. have nation truly however included that Washington "maintained all authority to bar people in certain constrained situations where there was clear and persuading proof that the individual was making a trip to the host nation principally for purposes that were outside the extent of United Nations business and were biased to the host nation's national security.