At
UN,
Complaint
About Lavrov
Being Blocked
&
Unprotected,
Obama
Freeze
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
October 7 --
Russian
Foreign
Minister
Sergei Lavrov
was
blocked inside
the Hotel
Intercontinental
and then his
US-provided
security
detail
"disappeared,"
Russia
complained on
Friday
in the UN's
Committee on
Relations with
the Host
Country.
The
meeting was
closed but
sources inside
tell Inner
City Press
that the US
representative's
response was
that this was
the first the
US heard of
it, and that a
response would
be provided.
Any response
provided to
Inner City
Press will be
published on
this site.
The
US was already
aware of the
other "Any
Other
Business"
complain,
concerning the
total freezing
of First
Avenue for
half an hour
on
September 21.
This blocked
access to the
UN for many
"VIP"
delegates.
The
US explained
that the
blockage was
no only for
President
Obama, but
also Iran's
Ahmadinejad,
whose entry
was delayed
thus leading
to a "double
blockage." The
US said it
would try to
avoid this in
future
years.
Lavrov towers
over Ban
Ki-moon,
apology not
shown
The
annual UN
General Debate
usually gives
rise to
complaints,
but the
incident of
the year was
the dust up
between the
"huge"
entourage of
Turkey's prime
minister
Erdogan and UN
Security. The
incident left
at
least three UN
Security
officers
injured and
taken to the
hospital.
But UN
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon ran
and apologized
to Erdogan,
leading to
continuing
"bad blood"
with UN
Security and
staff,
multiple
sources daily
tell Inner
City Press.
This
was not
viewed as a
Host Country
-- that is, US
-- issue, but
one meeting
attendee
afterward
asked Inner
City Press,
how did that
large a
delegation get
into the UN?
Watch this
site.
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