The British government has stated that it cannot issue visas to Russians for any purpose they visit the country.
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation in International Vladimir Jabarov said that Britain had denied visas to the Russian delegation to participate in the July session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Interfax reported.
We have timely invited the leadership of the Assembly and the Russian Foreign Ministry to work out and resolve the issue of providing the British side with guarantees for our parliamentarians to enter the UK to enter this important inter-parliamentary event, “Jabarov said.
However , Great Britain refused to issue visas to Russians. As expected, Jabarov called the British government's response “outrageous.” He also cited a response stating that “the British government cannot issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to the OSCE PA for whatever purpose they visit the country.”
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