(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 4 . Deputy Foreign
Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin, former Russian Ambassador to
Japan, will be in charge of the issues of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) and the Union State in his new position,
while Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko will deal with the
Asian matters, Russian diplomatic service told tass on Sunday, trend reports.
'Deputy Foreign Minister Galuzin will oversee the topic of the
CIS. Andrey Rudenko will be engaged with the Asian countries,' the
source said, without explaination of this choice.
Rudenko has been Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Russian Federation since September 2019. Since 2016, he led the
Second Department of the CIS countries. He speaks English and
Chinese. He was a member of the delegation of negotiators for
Ukraine headed by Vladimir Medinsky.
Mikhail Galuzin was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister of the
Russian Federation on November 25, 2022. Prior to that, he served
as the Russian Ambassador to Japan. Speaks Japanese and
English.
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