The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation announced that diplomat Oleg Koshcheev was appointed as the new consul general of North Korea. This has been reported Web site Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“By order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chongdin, North Korea,” the publication says.
The department emphasized that Koshcheev graduated from the Faculty of Eastern Languages of the Red Banner Military Institute of the USSR Ministry of Defense in 1987. He holds the diplomatic rank of First Secretary, 1st Class, which was awarded in September 2019.
From 2010 to 2015, Koshcheev served as first secretary of the Russian Embassy in North Korea, and from 2016 to 2020 he served as first secretary and advisor of the Russian Embassy in Eritrea.
Formerly Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Rudenko statedThe situation on the Korean Peninsula worries Russia.
Rudenko noted that the solution to the Korean nuclear issue is only advancing as a result of ill-considered actions by Washington and its partners.
Previously the USA is planning Taking steps against the defense partnership between the Russian Federation and North Korea.