360:, nor to its neighbors.... Russia will not participate in a campaign of pressure or threats, directed at changing the regime in Iraq." When asked what Russia would do if there were a U.S. military operation, Mamedov replied: "Russia will not launch an anti-American campaign, but will try its utmost to return the situation to a proper legal basis. We will not gloat over a tragic mistake by the United States."
322:, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, first met Mamedov in the 1980s; Vershbow describes Mamedov as "a real problem solver, somebody who's always defended their interests quite aggressively—and volubly—but has been a good partner. Every U.S. ambassador who's dealt with him has found him to be a guy who could get things done."
51:
356:, this will be a tragic error from the side of the U.S.A.... Russia categorically rejects any ultimatums regarding Iraq.... In Russia we consider that Iraq constitutes neither a threat to the U.S.A, nor to the
538:
300:
It often fell to
Mamedov to smooth over the thorniest Russia-USA disputes. He helped persuade Washington to proceed with NATO expansion slowly, and reassured the Americans when President
245:, had been a diplomat for a few years, and was to spend most of his later career working for the Soviet mass media in a variety of positions, including that of the Deputy Chairman of the
275:
from 1972 to 1973 and again from 1977 to 1981. While in
Washington from 1977 to 1981 he impressed the Americans, who called him "George," but he was also suspected of working with the
118:
253:
179:
553:
293:
in charge of the relationship with the countries of the
Americas, and occupied this position until 2003. In June 2003, he was appointed as
558:
488:
ITAR-TASS Interview of then Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamedov, as quoted on the Russian Institute of Strategic Stability Website
283:
543:
329:
in history and speaks
English and Swedish in addition to Russian. He is married and has two adult children, a son and daughter.
65:
438:
414:("I did no great feats"), interview with Enver Nazimovich Mamedov. "Broadcasting. Телевидение и радиовещание", No. 4, 2005
472:
393:
290:
490:
305:
214:. In the 1990s and the early 2000s, he was his country's chief interlocutor with the United States on such subjects as
256:. He then joined the Institute for U.S.A. and Canada Studies in 1970 and became a protégé of the institute's founder,
282:
In 1989–90, Mamedov served as the first deputy director, in 1990–91, the director, of the US and Canada Desk of the
17:
548:
294:
533:
246:
242:
357:
411:
523:
428:
528:
8:
341:
that the United States was making a "tragic error": "If
Washington decides to ignore the
319:
271:
After entering diplomatic service in 1972, Mamedov was posted at the Soviet
Embassy in
434:
345:
272:
195:
202:; born 9 September 1947) is a Russian diplomat of Azerbaijani descent, and one of
494:
476:
397:
313:
90:
508:
469:
390:
257:
106:
94:
86:
487:
455:
517:
301:
265:
207:
261:
219:
159:
337:
Prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Mamedov declared in an interview with
249:
in 1962–1985, directly in charge of Soviet television from 1970 to 1985.
349:
229:
Mamedov served as Russia's ambassador to Canada between 2003 and 2014.
174:
50:
338:
378:
539:
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
309:
238:
223:
211:
203:
165:
155:
326:
353:
215:
276:
316:
it had inherited after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
304:
sent tanks to besiege the
Russian parliament during the
342:
470:Washington Post Foreign Service article on Mamedov
237:Georgiy Mamedov was born on September 9, 1947, in
254:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
180:Moscow State Institute of International Relations
515:
379:Georgiy Mamedov's official biography and photo
252:Georgiy Mamedov graduated in 1970 from the
381:, at the site of Russian Embassy in Canada
49:
332:
247:State Committee for Radio and Television
426:
284:Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
14:
516:
308:. He helped broker a deal under which
78:5 June 2003 – 24 October 2014
554:Russian people of Azerbaijani descent
451:
449:
430:Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List
374:
372:
24:
559:Deputy foreign ministers of Russia
446:
369:
306:1993 Russian constitutional crisis
291:Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
25:
570:
502:
289:In 1991, Mamedov became Russia's
412:"Я не совершал больших подвигов"
544:Ambassadors of Russia to Canada
206:'s foremost authorities on the
481:
463:
420:
405:
391:Museum of Radio and Television
384:
295:Ambassador of Russia to Canada
13:
1:
433:, Hoover Press, p. 154,
363:
232:
140:Гео́ргий Энве́рович Маме́дов
66:Russian Ambassador to Canada
27:Russian diplomat (born 1947)
7:
427:Krasnov, Vladislav (1985),
10:
575:
192:Georgiy Enverovich Mamedov
138:Georgiy Enverovich Mamedov
200:Георгий Энверович Мамедов
199:
185:
173:
133:
128:
124:
112:
100:
82:
71:
64:
60:
48:
39:
32:
325:Georgiy Mamedov holds a
243:Enver Nazimovich Mamedov
40:
358:international community
549:Diplomats from Moscow
509:Photograph of Mamedov
333:Views on the Iraq war
493:2005-01-23 at the
475:2006-03-24 at the
396:2008-06-15 at the
320:Alexander Vershbow
264:specialist on the
119:Alexander Darchiev
440:978-0-8179-8231-7
348:, to violate the
189:
188:
169:
16:(Redirected from
566:
534:Soviet diplomats
497:
485:
479:
467:
461:
460:
453:
444:
443:
424:
418:
417:
409:
403:
402:
388:
382:
376:
346:Security Council
312:gave up all the
201:
163:
153:
150:9 September 1947
149:
147:
129:Personal details
115:
103:
76:
53:
43:
30:
29:
21:
18:Georgiy Mammadov
574:
573:
569:
568:
567:
565:
564:
563:
514:
513:
505:
500:
495:Wayback Machine
486:
482:
477:Wayback Machine
468:
464:
458:
454:
447:
441:
425:
421:
415:
410:
406:
400:
398:Wayback Machine
389:
385:
377:
370:
366:
335:
314:nuclear weapons
235:
162:
154:
151:
145:
143:
142:
141:
139:
113:
101:
93:
91:Dmitry Medvedev
89:
77:
72:
56:
55:Mamedov in 2014
44:
42:Георгий Мамедов
41:
35:
34:Georgiy Mamedov
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
572:
562:
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
512:
511:
504:
503:External links
501:
499:
498:
480:
462:
445:
439:
419:
404:
383:
367:
365:
362:
334:
331:
260:, the leading
258:Georgi Arbatov
241:. His father,
234:
231:
187:
186:
183:
182:
177:
171:
170:
137:
135:
131:
130:
126:
125:
122:
121:
116:
110:
109:
107:Vitaly Churkin
104:
98:
97:
95:Vladimir Putin
87:Vladimir Putin
84:
80:
79:
69:
68:
62:
61:
58:
57:
54:
46:
45:
37:
36:
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
571:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
524:Living people
522:
521:
519:
510:
507:
506:
496:
492:
489:
484:
478:
474:
471:
466:
457:
452:
450:
442:
436:
432:
431:
423:
413:
408:
399:
395:
392:
387:
380:
375:
373:
368:
361:
359:
355:
351:
347:
344:
340:
330:
328:
323:
321:
317:
315:
311:
307:
303:
302:Boris Yeltsin
298:
296:
292:
287:
285:
280:
278:
274:
269:
268:at the time.
267:
266:United States
263:
259:
255:
250:
248:
244:
240:
230:
227:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
208:United States
205:
197:
193:
184:
181:
178:
176:
172:
167:
161:
157:
152:(age 77)
136:
132:
127:
123:
120:
117:
111:
108:
105:
99:
96:
92:
88:
85:
81:
75:
70:
67:
63:
59:
52:
47:
38:
31:
19:
483:
465:
459:(in Russian)
429:
422:
416:(in Russian)
407:
401:(in Russian)
386:
336:
324:
318:
299:
288:
281:
270:
251:
236:
228:
220:arms control
191:
190:
160:Soviet Union
114:Succeeded by
73:
529:1947 births
352:and invade
102:Preceded by
518:Categories
364:References
350:UN Charter
273:Washington
175:Alma mater
146:1947-09-09
456:Biography
339:ITAR-TASS
233:Biography
83:President
74:In office
491:Archived
473:Archived
394:Archived
310:Ukraine
196:Russian
437:
262:Soviet
239:Moscow
224:Kosovo
212:Canada
204:Russia
166:Russia
156:Moscow
327:Ph.D.
164:(now
435:ISBN
354:Iraq
222:and
216:NATO
210:and
134:Born
277:KGB
520::
448:^
371:^
343:UN
297:.
286:.
279:.
226:.
218:,
198::
158:,
148:)
194:(
168:)
144:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
