As the guarantor of the 1947 agreement between the United States and the UN, UN Secretary General António Guterres should launch an arbitration process against the United States in connection with the seizure of Russian diplomatic property in the state of New York. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“We hear statements that the Secretary General is concerned about the situation, is informally interacting with the host country in search of a mutually acceptable solution, but there is still no real action,” said Ms. Zakharova at a briefing (quoted by TASS). “In this regard, Mr. Guterres is required to that he, as the guarantor of the 1947 agreement, immediately take practical steps to formally launch the arbitration procedure against the United States of America. “
A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said earlier that Washington continues to deny Russian diplomats access to Russian diplomatic property in the United States. Recall that it has been blocked since 2016 after the 44th President of the country, Barack Obama, accused Russia of interfering in the American elections. According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the number of diplomatic notes that our embassy in Washington sent to the State Department with a demand to return the property, and as a first step to provide access there, has already exceeded 500. He said that such documents are sent every two weeks.
During the first summit of the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, the head of the Russian state proposed to remove all restrictions on diplomatic missions.
More details about the negotiations and Mr. Putin’s proposal can be found in the material of Kommersant “On a wide circle of acquaintances”.
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