Pulat Habibovich Abdullayev () (born 16 January 1942) is a

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career

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. Abdullayev graduated from the

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in 1966, and went on to work in various diplomatic posts in the central offices of the

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and abroad. From 1991 to 26 May 1995, Abdullayev was the Ambassador of Russia to

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. When the Russian Federation formed in 1993, he was promoted to the rank of

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of the

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Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1961 to ...

on October 18, 1993.Ельцин, Б.Н. (18 октября 1993 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о присвоении Абдуллаеву П.Х. дипломатического ранга Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла"
/ref> He left that post on May 26, 1995.Ельцин, Б.Н. (26 мая 1995 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации об освобождении Абдуллаева П.Х. от обязанностей Чрезвычайного и Полномочного Посла Российской Федерации в Республике Джибути"
/ref> Serving as the lead advisor of the Department of Security and Disarmament of the

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(1995–2000), Abdullayev represented the Russian Federation at the Disarmament Commission of the

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. He led the team of Russian diplomats responsible for Safeguards, Transparency and Irreversibility talks with the United States on the exchange of information on disarmament. In April 1999, he testified before the Commission that the NATO incursion in the Balkans would be detrimental for the progress of ratifying the 1993 START II arms treaty. From May 26, 2000, to March 24, 2006, Abdullayev was the Ambassador of Russia to Cameroon, with concurrent accreditation to Equatorial Guinea.Путин, В.В. (26 мая 2000 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о назначении Абдуллаева П.Х. Чрезвычайным и Полномочным Послом Российской Федерации в Республике Камерун и в Республике Экваториальная Гвинея по совместительству"
/ref>Путин, В.В. (24 марта 2006 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о Абдуллаеве П.Х."
/ref> In 2002, Abdullayev was awarded the Order of Honour (Russian Federation), Order of Honor. An honorary member of the Belgian Royal Society of Napoleonic Research, under the pseudonym ''A. Platov'', Abdullayev's book ''So Said Napoleon'' () was published in 2003.

Personal life

Abdullayev speaks Russian language, Russian, English language, English and French language, French, and he is married with two children.

Works

* ''So Said Napoleon'' () -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullayev, Pulat Habibovich 1942 births Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to Djibouti Ambassadors of Russia to Cameroon Ambassadors of Russia to Equatorial Guinea Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni Living people Russian male writers