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Accreditation of a new Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Principality of Monaco

Published on 13 March 2018 at 12:00 - Modified the 25 July 2023 at 03:02

Accreditation of a new Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Principality of Monaco

H.E. Mr. Alexey MESHKOV becomes Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Principality of Monaco. He succeeds H.E. Mr. Alexandre ORLOV in this function.

He presented his credentials to H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince and was then invited by Mr. Gilles TONELLI, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco, to a lunch attended, among others, by H.E. Mrs. Mireille PETTITI, Ambassador of Monaco to Russia.  

H.E. Mr. Alexey MESHKOV held a variety of diplomatic posts within the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs before serving as Ambassador to Italy and the Republic of San Marino. He was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs twice, from 2001 to 2004 and then from 2012 to 2017.