Putin signs decree dismissing Russia’s ambassador to UK
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing Andrey Kelin as Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom.
- Kelin became ambassador in 2019, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry said his tenure would end as scheduled.
- The ministry said Kelin’s successor would be announced “in due course,” but provided no details about his future role.
- The decree followed Putin’s dismissal of Aleksey Meshkov as Russia’s ambassador to France.
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The Kremlin believes that it is not necessary to quickly replace Russian ambassadors in France and the United Kingdom, who have just been released from office by Russian President Vladimir Putin, "in the absence of bilateral relations between Moscow and those countries that support Ukraine," reports AFP, quoted by News.ro.
The Kremlin said on Friday it was "in no hurry" to appoint ambassadors to France and the United Kingdom after President Vladimir Putin dismissed Moscow's envoys to the two key allies of Ukraine.
Russia will not hurry to appoint ambassadors to Great Britain and France, said Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia.
Decree issued a day after president also relieved Moscow's ambassador to France
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