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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Allows Russia’s Lavrov to Travel to United Nations

08 July 2022, Indonesia, Nusa Dua: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. (dpa)

The United States has given Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a visa to travel to New York for the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders next week with half the delegation Moscow requested, a Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday.

Moscow had asked Washington for 56 visas, according to a Sept. 2 letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia. The Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday the United States had approved 24 visas.

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