MOSCOW, JANUARY 9, RIA NOVOSTI - Alexander Kalugin, Ambassador at Large and special envoy of Igor Ivanov, Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, is starting on a tour of the Middle East tomorrow, January 10.
He will be working on the quartet of international mediators-Russia, the USA, the European Union and the United Nations-and in team with the interested Parties to promote the Road Map, a plan aiming to put an end to violent Israeli-Palestinian confrontation and reach an all-round settlement in the Middle East, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press and information department.