Died Ambassador of Ukraine to China Kamyshev

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Ukrainian Ambassador to China Sergey Kamyshev died at the age of 64. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba wrote about this on his Twitter page on Sunday, February 14.

“Sad news … At the age of 65, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the PRC Sergey Alekseevich Kamyshev died,” he said.

According to the minister, the “well-known professional” over the long years of diplomatic work has made “an outstanding contribution to the development of relations between Ukraine and the countries of Asia and the Middle East.”

“Bright memory and sincere condolences to loved ones,” Kuleba stressed.

Kamyshev was born in 1956 in Dnepropetrovsk. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Donetsk State University and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

He got to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 1994, taking the post of the first secretary of the department of international economic, scientific and technical cooperation of the department. In the same year, he was appointed First Secretary, Counselor of the Ukrainian Embassy in Egypt, having worked in this position until 1998.

From 1998 to 2001 – Minister Counselor, Charge d’Affaires of Ukraine in Livna and Syria (concurrently). From 2004 to 2009, he served as the Ukrainian ambassador to the PRC and Mongolia (concurrently).

In December 2019, he was appointed Ambassador of Ukraine to the PRC.

From August to December 2019, he was an advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, in 2010–2014 he worked in the Cabinet of Ministers of the country.