Yushchenko approves Russia's envoy to Ukraine
12:56, 6 August 2009
MOSCOW. August 6. KAZINFORM Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has finally accepted Russia's new ambassador to Ukraine, a Russian business daily reported on Thursday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
According to Kommersant the decision is due to be announced in the next few days.
Russia's parliament confirmed in late June Mikhail Zurabov, a former health minister, as the country's ambassador to Ukraine.
The paper said, however, Moscow had considered dispatching the new envoy to Kiev after the January presidential elections, in the hope that there would be a new government to deal with; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
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