Anvar Azimov

Anvar Sarvarovich Azimov (born 22 November 1950 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is a Russian politician and diplomat.[1] He is the current Russian Ambassador to Croatia.[2][3][4]

Education and career

Anvar Azimov attended Moscow State Institute of International Relations managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia where he studied International Relations.

Azimov started his career as Minister Councilor of the Russian embassy in India in 1994.[5] He served as Minister councilor for four years. In 1998, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Third Department of Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Russia. In 2000, he was reassigned Minister Councilor of the Russian embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was the representative of the Russian Federation to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6][7]

In 2002, he was the Deputy Director of the Russian FM European Cooperation Department responsible for Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.[8]

In 2005, Azimov was appointed Russian Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia.

In 2008, he was appointed the Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE in Vienna. He served as the Foreign Ministry′s special envoy from 2011 until 2015.

On 30 June 2015, he was appointed Russia′s Ambassador to Croatia by president Vladimir Putin.[9]

References
  1. "Immortal Partisan Detachment March Held in Zagreb". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  2. "Sberbank Focused on Further Stabilisation of Agrokor". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  3. "Putin od Hrvatske traži povrat slika koje vrijede milijune, iz Ministarstva kulture zasad rekli 'njet'". direktno.hr (in Croatian). 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  4. Trkanjec, Zeljko (2019-02-04). "Moscow warms to idea of Croatia's LNG gateway as project stumbles on". euractiv.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  5. Daily Report: Central Eurasia. The Service. 1995-12-19.
  6. Международная жизнь (in Russian). Всес. об-во по распространению полит. и науч. знаний. 2000.
  7. Österreichische Militärische Zeitschrift (in German). C. Ueberreuter. 2002.
  8. International Affairs. Znanye Publishing House. 2005.
  9. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2015 № 333 «О назначении Азимова А. С. Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Российской Федерации в Республике Хорватии»
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