The Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed the Russian ambassador Gleb Dsiatnikov as an assistant in mine clearance and police matters in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
The appointment of Dsiatnikov, who has served as Russia's ambassador to Jordan since 2018, was announced by the office of Antonio Guterres. "Dsiatnikov has more than 35 years of experience in international relations, political and security affairs in government, multilateral diplomacy and conflict-affected areas," the statement said. The diplomat also served as the Deputy Director of the Department for the Middle East and North Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2010-2018), was a senior advisor for Middle East and North African affairs at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, and also worked at the Russian Embassy in Jordan from 2009. In the years 1994-1997, Dsiatnikov worked several times as part of the UN Special Commission for Iraq. It is reported that in addition to Russian, he is fluent in Arabic and English.