🎙 Permanent Delegate of Russia to #UNESCO R.Alyautdinov at the opening of #IPDC Intergovernmental Council session in connection with France's refusal to issue visa to MFA🇷🇺 expert:
📍France uses visa procedures to restrict access of Russian representatives to official meetings. This is a gross violation by Paris of 1954 Agreement on UNESCO Headquarters, namely obligation to "allow representatives of Member States to enter its territory without delay and without charging for a visa".
📍We call on UNESCO Secretariat to finally take a decisive position and use all necessary measures within the framework of Agreement to resolve this unacceptable situation.
📍France uses visa procedures to restrict access of Russian representatives to official meetings. This is a gross violation by Paris of 1954 Agreement on UNESCO Headquarters, namely obligation to "allow representatives of Member States to enter its territory without delay and without charging for a visa".
📍We call on UNESCO Secretariat to finally take a decisive position and use all necessary measures within the framework of Agreement to resolve this unacceptable situation.