Russian envoy to Sudan appointed to oversee African affairs
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March 21, 2011 (MOSCOW) – Russia’s Special Envoy to Sudan Mikhail
Margelov has been relieved from his position and appointed as a
special representative of the country’s president for cooperation with
African countries.
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Russian envoy to Sudan Mikhail Margelov (Getty Images)
A Moscow-based non-governmental news agency, Interfax, reported on
Monday that the Russian President, Dmitriy Medvedev, had issued a
decree relieving Margelov from his responsibilities as Russian’s
special envoy to Sudan. Medvedev issued another decree tapping
Margelov to serve as his representative for cooperation with leaders
of Africa.
Margelov was embroiled in few controversies since he was appointed as
a special envoy to Sudan in December 2008.
He received a backlash from Sudanese opposition groups as well as
Darfur rebels when he suggested that the incumbent President Al-Bashir
was favored to win general-elections which took place in April last
year amid opposition boycotts and reports of mass fraud.
He was also criticized and accused of stealthily seeking to advance
his country’s economic interest for his support to President Al-Bashir
against the warrant issued for his arrest by the International
Criminal Court (ICC) on the grounds of atrocities allegedly committed
in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
Margelov also drew the ire of southern Sudanese last year when he
suggested that a new state in the region, which voted to become
independent in January this year, holds the risk of becoming “a new
Somalia.”
A Russian-language Israeli website reported last year that Margelov
absconded briefly during a trip to Tel Aviv in December to meet
officials from South Sudan.
Margelov made a rare criticism of the Sudanese government’s decision
to expel a host of foreign aid agencies from Darfur region in reaction
to the ICC’s arrest warrant, saying it was an illogical step.”
(ST)
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