The Russian foreign minister denounced the fact that the reporter accompanying the Russian delegation did not get a visa to the United States.

Russian Foreign Minister condemns the Russian Foreign Minister on 23 April, the Russian delegation left for New York on 23 April local time to attend a meeting of the UN Security Council. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russian Foreign Ministry personnel were granted visas to visit the United States, but Russian journalists who had planned to accompany the trip could not go there because they did not get a visa. Lavrov stressed that Russia cannot forgive the United States for not issuing visas to Russian journalists. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Riabkov said that the responsibility for the failure of Russian journalists to obtain a visa lies entirely with the United States, which is indignant and will not be ignored by the Russian side.