New Russian Ambassador Arrived in BiH

(Patria) - The Head of the Department for Diplomatic Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mirsad Bešić, today received the letters of credence from the newly appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor Kalabukhov.

Kalabukhov will replace Petr Ivancov as the Russian Ambassador to BiH, who held this position in our country for six years.

The new Russian Ambassador has already worked in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Kalabukhov was previously the Deputy Director of the Fourth European Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The department works on relations with Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, Croatia, and Montenegro.