U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch is due to discuss consular-protection issues and U.S. visas during his June 3-9 trip to Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, the U.S. State Department says.
Risch will also open a new consular section in Moscow, a State Department statement said.
He will also meet with Russian Foreign Ministry officials during his visit to Moscow, the U.S. Embassy to Moscow said on June 4.
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