Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985–1988). Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1988. In the 1940s,Western pundits called him Mr Nyet,or Grim Grom,because of his frequent use of the Soviet veto in the United Nations Security Council.
Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin was a Soviet statesman,diplomat,and politician. He was the Soviet ambassador to the United States for more than two decades,from 1962 to 1986.
John F. Tefft is an American diplomat who has served as a Foreign Service Officer since 1972. He was the United States Ambassador to Russia between July 31,2014 and September 28,2017. He had previously served as the United States' ambassador to Ukraine,Georgia,and Lithuania.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia. It is a continuation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic,which was under the supervision of the Soviet Ministry of External Relations. Sergei Lavrov is the current foreign minister.
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin was a Russian diplomat. As a child actor,he starred in three films The Blue Notebook,Nol tri,and A Mother's Heart. Churkin served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2006 until his death in 2017.
Libya–Russia relations are the bilateral relations between the State of Libya and the Russian Federation. Russia has an embassy in Tripoli,with Libya having an embassy in Moscow. Diplomatic contact between Russia and Libya has generally been close and productive,seeing as both countries have had and continue to see volatile relations with the United States. Former Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi was a close ally of the Soviet Union,despite his country's membership in the Non-Aligned Movement. Russia also regards Libya as one of its strongest allies in the Arab world,and has supported stabilization of the country following the aftermath of the Libyan Civil War. After the outbreak of new conflict,Russia has primarily backed the Tobruk-based House of Representatives over the UN-backed Government of National Accord and various other factions.
Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryshchenko is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician.
Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak is a Russian senior diplomat and politician. Since September 2017,he has represented Mordovia in the Federation Council,the upper chamber of the Russian legislature. Previously he served as the Ambassador of Russia to the United States from 2008 to 2017. From 2003 to 2008,he was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,and from 1998 to 2003,he served as the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium and Russia's Head of Mission to NATO.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is a Russian military official and diplomat who is currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United States,formally replacing Sergey Kislyak on 21 August 2017 by presidential decree. With a reputation as a hardliner and tough negotiator,Antonov took up his post in Washington,D.C. on 1 September 2017. He was formerly Deputy Minister of Defence and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Since 2015,he has been under sanctions of the European Union and Canada,in response to Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.
Nikola Dimitrov is a Macedonian politician and diplomat,who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for North Macedonia from 31 May 2017 to 30 August 2020. He also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2000 and Macedonian ambassador to the United States and then the Netherlands. In 2014,he turned down an appointment as Macedonia's new ambassador to Russia.
Pavlo Anatoliiovych Klimkin is a Ukrainian diplomat who from 19 June 2014 until 29 August 2019 served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. A Moscow-educated physicist,he has worked in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry since 1993,with positions including director of the department for the European Union,as well as deputy foreign minister in the First Azarov Government,where he played a central role in negotiating the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
The Cuban thaw was a normalization of Cuba–United States relations that began in December 2014,ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations. In March 2016,Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge in 1928. The normalization of relations lasted from July 2015 to June 2017,with relations further deteriorating under Presidents Donald Trump,and later,Joe Biden.
Ri Yong-ho is a North Korean politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea from 2016 to 2020.
Vasily Alekseyevich Nebenzya is a Russian diplomat and the current Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. His official title is Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Eleonora Valentinovna Mitrofanova is a Russian diplomat. She currently serves as the Ambassador of Russia to Bulgaria,having held the post since 15 January 2021. She is the first woman to hold the post of First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Mansoor Alam was a Pakistani diplomat who served as his country's ambassador to four countries and as an accredited ambassador to fifteen countries.
The Taliban has ruled Afghanistan as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since taking control by force in 2021,overthrowing the internationally recognized Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The takeover was widely criticized by the international community,and no countries have extended de jure diplomatic recognition to the new regime,despite nominally maintaining relations with Afghanistan. The Taliban has campaigned for international recognition since the takeover. Several countries have vowed never to recognize the Islamic Emirate,and others have said they will do so only if human rights in the country are respected. Some countries have accredited Taliban diplomats at the chargéd'affaires level despite not recognizing the Islamic Emirate. In September 2023,the People's Republic of China became the first country to formally name a new ambassador to the country since the takeover,and in January 2024 recognized the Taliban's envoy to China;however,the PRC still does not formally recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. The United Arab Emirates also accepted a Taliban appointed diplomat as Afghanistan's new ambassador in August 2024.
Gennady Vasilyevich Sizov was a Soviet and Russian diplomat. He served in various diplomatic roles from 1971 onwards,and was ambassador of Russia to Bolivia between 1998 and 2003.
Ana Cecilia Gervasi Diaz was a Peruvian diplomat who was the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 10 December 2022 and 6 November 2023. Prior to this post,Gervasi served in diplomatic posts in Canada and the United States and at the United Nations at Geneva and the World Trade Organization.
