Igor Ivanov

Igor Ivanov became the foreign minister of Russia in 1998, succeeding Yevgeny Primakov.

He was an opponent of NATO's action in Yugoslavia, calling the involvement of Russian forces in the peace-keeping mission a mistake. He is an opponent of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq.

He joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry in 1973 and spent a decade in Spain. He returned to Russia in 1983. In 1991 he became the ambassador in Madrid.

References

• "Igor Ivanov", TIME magazine, Septemeber 13, 1999; [1]
• Bridget Kendall interview with Ivanov, BBC, March 5, 2003; [1], comments