Mikhail Zurabov begin his duties as Ambassador of Russia in Ukraine

 
  
 
 
  25.01.10 14:24 ;
 

new Russia”s ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov arrived in Kiev. At the airport he was met by members of Russia”s embassy. “It is my great honor and responsibility to represent the President of Russia and the peoples of Russia to Ukraine.”s Guide Russia is convinced that our relations have considerable development potential,” - said Zurab in his first statement he made in Russian and Ukrainian languages.

MHSD former head of Russia Mikhail Zurabov was appointed Russia”s ambassador to Ukraine in August 2009. He succeeded to the post of Viktor Chernomyrdin. However, when Dmitry Medvedev has sent an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, which drew attention to the anti-Russia policies of the current leadership of the country and said that in the circumstances he had decided not to send until Russia”s ambassador to Ukraine. Order to go to Kiev, Mikhail Zurabov received from the president of Russia, only 19 of January of this year, after Ukraine on January 17 passed the first round of presidential elections. Greatest number of votes received head of the opposition Party of Regions Viktor Yanukovich (35.34%) and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (25.04%), who will take part in the second round of elections, scheduled for Feb. 7. The current President Viktor Yushchenko won a fifth position, receiving 5.45%, and dropped out of the fight. “I hope that as a result of the final summing up in Ukraine there workable effective power, tuned to the development of constructive, friendly and comprehensive relations with Russia”, - said Russia”s president, two days after the elections in Ukraine.

Dmitry Medvedev has also appointed Michael to the post of special representative Zurabova President of Russia to develop trade and economic relations with Ukraine. The President expressed hope that with the embassy and spetspredstavitelskim statuses Mr. Zurabov be able to “establish comprehensive ties with the new leadership of Ukraine, and with the political elites, and with the public”.

Russia FM Sergei Lavrov also suggested that Ukraine”s new leadership will change the attitude toward Russia. “There is reason to believe that the attitude towards Russia will change - he said. - Our relations will be less ideologicalized. I hope that ideology in general, will leave our mutually beneficial relations”.

According to diplomatic practice, the new ambassador should first visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country and give a copy of his credentials, and then can actually get to work. After presenting his credentials to President of Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov will ambassador de jure. Worth noting that, according to some media, the administration of the Ukrainian President Yushchenko intends to recommend to the Foreign Ministry did not receive a copy of Russia”s diplomatic credentials. Its recommendation to the administration Yushchenko motivated by the fact that the documents did not contain name of the Ukrainian president, to whom these letters ambassador will serve.

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