PARIS — The French foreign ministry confirmed Tuesday that France had granted a visa to a Russian minister who is subject to an EU travel ban but insisted the decision was permitted as the official was traveling to an international event.
“It is allowed when officials travel for meetings of international organizations such as the U.N. or others,” Nikola Gulievatej, a foreign ministry spokesperson, told POLITICO.
Alexander Tkachev, the Russian agriculture minister, attended this week in Paris the annual general session of the World Organisation of Animal Health (known by its French acronym OIE), created in 1924 to fight animal diseases at …read more
Source: European Voice
