Moscow Slams U.S. After Russian Journalists Denied Visas for UN Visit
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday said Moscow "will not forgive" Washington for denying U.S. visas to Russian journalists meant to accompany him on a visit to UN headquarters.
"We won't forget, we will not forgive this," said Lavrov, who will chair several UN Security Council meetings in New York.
Russia took up the presidency of the UN Security Council in April despite the Ukraine offensive, which Kyiv said was "a slap in the face."
Lavrov denounced a "stupid" failure of the United States to give visas to Russian journalists.
"A country that calls itself the strongest, smartest, freest and fairest, chickened out," Lavrov said.
He added this "showed the worth of their solemn assurances on freedom of speech."
Since the beginning of the offensive, Moscow has strongly tightened conditions to obtain the accreditations needed to get journalist visas in Russia.
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