Teklay Minassie Asgedom is an Eritrean diplomat and is the current Ambassador of Eritrea to Russia, presenting his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on 16 April 2003.[1] Ambassador of Eritrea to Ukraine (2004–2014),[2] presenting his credentials to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on 21 October 2004.[3] Ambassador of Eritrea to Belarus, Cyprus, Bulgaria (2004–2014).[4] Ambassador of Eritrea to Azerbaijan (2012–2014), presenting his credentials to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on 1 December 2012.[5]
He paid a visit to the Russian-occupied Crimea on 5–6 June 2014.[6] The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considered this an "unfriendly step, blatant disregard of international law by Eritrean side as well as a flagrant violation of Ukrainian sovereignty and domestic law" and warned that it "may have deeply negative effect on further development of Ukrainian - Eritrean relations."[7]
References
edit- ^ Послы, вручившие верительные грамоты (in Russian). The Kremlin, Moscow: Presidential Press and Information Office. 16 April 2003. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the foreign countries to Ukraine with concurrent accreditation
- ^ Kuchma: Ukraine's priorities - integration into Europe and NATO, relations with Poland and Russia
- ^ On the Meeting of the Head of the Division for Africa and Middle East of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Mr.Igor Leshchenya with the Ambassador of Eritrea
- ^ Ilham Aliyev accepted the credentials of a newly-appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Eritrea to Azerbaijan
- ^ First visit of the Eritrean delegation to Abkhazia
- ^ MFA expresses its strong protest to Eritrean side