Russian diplomats intending to participate in the activities of the working group on information and communication technologies at the UN headquarters were unable to obtain United States visas.
"Once again, the United States has groundlessly and defiantly refused to issue visas to individual members of the Russian interdepartmental delegation", - Tyazhlova stressed.
This is not the first case of refusal on the part of Washington.
Previously, the Polish side She refused to issue a visa to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Lavrov, so that he could participate in the meeting of the foreign ministers of the OSCE states. The department called this step "unprecedented and provocative".