🎙 From the speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov during the open debate of the UN Security Council on the topic “Effective multilateralism through the protection of the principles of the UN Charter” (New York, April 24, 2023)
💬 In conclusion, I would like to address all the journalists who are now covering our meeting.
Your colleagues from the Russian media were not allowed to come here.
The US Embassy in Moscow mockingly announced its readiness to issue them passports with visas at the moment when our plane took off.
Therefore, a huge request to you: to compensate for the absence of Russian journalists.
Try to make your reports in such a way as to convey to a worldwide audience the full versatility of judgments and assessments.
WtR