By Muhammad Sohail
In the coming months, Czech diplomacy will send a new ambassador to Moscow. He is Daniel Koštoval.
“Ambassadors in Russia have key countries that are strategic allies of the Czech Republic – Great Britain, France, Germany, Poland or the United States of America. I wish the ambassador a lot of strength in promoting Czech interests in this challenging mission,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský.
Daniel Koštoval has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1996 as director of the security policy department, director of the department for Northern and Eastern Europe and general director for non-European countries. Between 1998 and 2002, he worked at the Permanent Delegation of the Czech Republic to NATO. He worked at the embassy in Moscow (2003–2006) and at the embassy in Washington (2009–2011). In 2013, he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Defense. Subsequently, until the end of 2018, he was Deputy Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Foreign Relations and Planning, and then for Armaments and Acquisitions.
The new ambassador has already received approval from the receiving country, the so-called agrément. He should take office in the first months of next year.
