Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, left, and U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, right, attend a press conference held after a session of the Russian-American working group on counger-terrorism, Moscow, December 2, 2005.
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Kislyak Could Be Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S.
The chance is that Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak will be appointed the RF ambassador to the United States, a source with the RF Foreign Ministry told Interfax.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak is in charge of the issues related to America and disarmament, but he is not the sole candidate to replace Yuri Ushakov in Washington, the source said.
The media reported Friday about the potential replacement of the RF Ambassador to the United States Yuri Ushakov. Head of Russia’s embassy in Washington since 1999, Ushakov is said to have been called back to Moscow to become a deputy to Vice Premier Sergei Sobyanin and be responsible for foreign activities of the government. A special division will be set up in the cabinet for this purpose.
According to a source close to the U.S. Department of State, Ushakov is on friendly terms with Igor Ivanov, ex-foreign minister and ex-secretary of the RF Security Council. Ivanov had been promoted by Evgeny Primakov and “strengthening of rhetoric of Evgeny Primakov [style] could be expected,” the source said.
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