Russia: America blocked our participation in the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia condemned the action of the United States in not issuing visas for the participation of the Russian government delegation in the International Atomic Energy Agency conference.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the fact that the United States did not issue visas to the Russian delegation to participate in the international conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Washington is unacceptable to Moscow.
According to “Sputnik” news agency, this International Atomic Energy Agency conference titled “Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century” is scheduled to be held at the ministerial level on October 26-28, 2022 (November 4-6, 1401) in Washington.
The Russian delegation consisting of representatives of the state-owned company “Rosatom” and the technical monitoring company “Rosteknadzor” had planned to participate in this conference.
Zakharova said in a statement: “The US never issued visas to Russian representatives, despite the fact that the relevant applications were submitted in advance and in accordance with the established procedures. In this way, Russia’s participation in an important international event organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency was prevented in an absolutely unacceptable way and without any reason.
The spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the refusal of the United States to issue visas to the Russian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency conference grossly violates the norms of the agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the host country and is a reason to reconsider the desirability of holding international meetings in the United States. Is.
He noted: This is another example of how the United States “implements the short-sighted policy of ignoring international laws and substituting the perverse hypothesis of rules-based order in their place; A hypothesis that Washington himself is the creator of and adapts it as he likes. This is another reason to think whether it is worth trusting a country that is not able to properly organize large international gatherings to hold these gatherings.”
