Alexander Losyukov
{{Short description|Russian diplomat (1943–2021)}}
Alexander Prokhorovich Losyukov ({{langx|ru|Александр Прохорович Лосюков}}; 15 November 1943 – 16 November 2021[https://наследие-рерихов.рф/562-ne-stalo-aleksandra-prokhorovicha-losyukova Не стало Александра Прохоровича Лосюкова] {{in lang|ru}}){{cite web|url=http://www.biografija.ru/show_bio.aspx?id=79109|script-title=ru:Лосюков Александр Прохорович|publisher=Biografija.ru|accessdate=2009-08-02|language=ru}} was a Soviet and Russian diplomat.
Biography
After graduating from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1968, Losyukov entered the service of the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working in various positions in the central office and in diplomatic missions abroad, including in Afghanistan, the United States and the Philippines.
From 1992 to 1994, Losyukov was Ambassador of Russia to New Zealand, with concurrent accreditation to Samoa and Tonga. From 1994 to 1997, Losyukov was Ambassador of Russia to Australia, with concurrent accreditation to Fiji, Nauru and Vanuatu.
In July 2001, as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, he led the signature of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship.{{cite book|title=The Future of China-Russia Relations|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|date=12 September 2010|author=James Bellacqua|isbn=9780813129396}} On 19 September 2001, he met with PCR ambassador Zhang Deguang to discuss the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.{{cite web|url=http://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/international_safety/crime/-/asset_publisher/3F5lZsLVSx4R/content/id/572564|title=Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Losyukov meets with PRC ambassador to Russia Zhang Deguang|website=Mid.ru|date=19 September 2001|accessdate=18 October 2018}} In 2003, as soon as North Korea gave up the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which led to the start of the North Korea nuclear crisis, Alexander Losyukov traveled to North Korea as soon as January 2003 with the mission to find a negotiation process between the communist country and the United States, considering Russia and the US as allies in the war against terrorism. He declared the talks with his North-Korean counterparts, and Kim Jong-il, as successful.{{cite book|title=Axis of Evil and Rogue States: The Bush Administration, 2000-2004|publisher=Glen Segell Publishers|date=2005|author=Glen Segell|isbn=9781901414271}}
In March 2004, Losyukov was appointed Ambassador of Russia to Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.ln.mid.ru/nsite-sv.nsf/9c80cb64e35fe909c32575ac002b8a38/18e8279ea8c59371c32575ae0034b25a?OpenDocument |script-title=ru:Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 2 марта 2004 г. назначен Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Российский Федерации в Японии. |date=2 March 2004 |publisher=Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |accessdate=2009-08-02 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614171555/http://www.ln.mid.ru/nsite-sv.nsf/9c80cb64e35fe909c32575ac002b8a38/18e8279ea8c59371c32575ae0034b25a?OpenDocument |archivedate=14 June 2011 }}
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Category:Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Category:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to New Zealand
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Samoa
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Tonga
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Australia
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Fiji
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Nauru
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Vanuatu
Category:Ambassadors of Russia to Japan
Category:Deputy foreign ministers of Russia
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