Russia has criticized the US for not issuing a visa to the ambassador at the UN | United Nations News

Moscow’s ambassador accuses Washington of failing to honor its commitments under the 1947 UN Headquarters Agreement.

Russia has solved the problem United States for failing to issue a visa to Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, saying that this decision violates Washington’s mandate.

Vassily Nebenzia told the Security Council on Tuesday that the country should be represented by Alimov – “who is in charge of issues related to the United Nations” – at the meeting.

“However, despite our efforts to convince the US side to grant him a visa when it is found, the visa is not granted,” said Nebenzia.

The 1947 agreement that established the UN headquarters in New York required the US to issue visas to foreign diplomats wishing to attend the UN “free of charge and as soon as possible”.

Nebenzia said that not to issue a visa to Alimov is a violation of the agreement and partly for Beijing, who is the chairman of the Security Council in May.

“We do not see this as a violation of what Washington did under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement, according to which access to the United Nations should be granted to all officials and member states, without anyone, but we also see this as an example of disrespect for the Chinese president of the Security Council,” he said.

The US State Department did not respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment.

The visa dispute comes at a time of easing tensions between Washington and Moscow as US President Donald Trump pushes to resolve the issue. war in Ukraine.

Trump has been speaking frequently and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. But Washington continues to impose sanctions on Moscow for its aggression in Ukraine.

Both Putin and Trump are apart he went to China and met with their president, Xi Jinping, in recent weeks.

Earlier this week, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Abbas Araghchithe country’s ambassador, suspended his participation in the Security Council meeting on Tuesday due to visa issues.

At last year’s UN General Assembly, in September 2025, the US placed strict limits on the movement of Iranian delegates to New York.

In 2019, the US also impeached the then president of Iran Visa for Hassan Rouhani to the General Assembly but finally allowed him to enter.