Yeltsin Names His U.S. Envoy
Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin on Friday named the chairman of the Russian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee as the country’s first ambassador to Washington.
Addressing a news conference after the Security Council summit, Yeltsin startled reporters by quietly introducing Vladimir Lukin, on hand for the summit, as his U.S. envoy.
“For me it is a great honor to be the first ambassador to the U.S.A. from a Russian democratic state,” Lukin told reporters.
Lukin replaces Viktor Komplektov, who had served as Soviet ambassador to Washington.
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