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New Russian ambassador to arrive in Baku at beginning of July

Politics Materials 6 June 2006 17:05 (UTC +04:00)

The new Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasili Istratov will arrive in Baku at the beginning of July, the temporary Russian charge d'affaires in Azerbaijan Petr Burdikin told Trend.

According to him, the ambassador will arrive after June 27 because Istratov will take part at the meeting of ambassadors with the Russian president.

The position of the head of the Russian representation in Baku has been vacant since September 2004. The former Russian ambassador to Baku was Nikolay Ryabov.

Vasili Istratov was born on December 30, 1954, his specialty is historian, and he has been keeping the position of the deputy director of North America Department of Russian the Foreign Ministry.

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