The Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Oleg Markov and Chairman of the Committee for external relations of St. Petersburg Evgeny Grigoriev also sent their congratulations on the day of the diplomatic worker to the partners with whom cooperation is carried out in the Central office of the Russian foreign Ministry and Russian foreign missions.
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"Day of the diplomatic worker" – the professional holiday of all diplomatic workers of the Russian Federation established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin No. 1279 of October 31, 2002.
The date of the holiday – February 10-is connected with the history of the first foreign Ministry of Russia – the Embassy order. As you know, the first mention of it falls on February 10, 1549.
On the occasion of the diplomatic worker's Day, a gala evening is held annually in St. Petersburg, in the marble Palace, by the Russian foreign Ministry in St. Petersburg And the Diplomatic club of St. Petersburg. Traditionally, the guests of the evening are the heads of consular offices accredited in St. Petersburg, and representatives of St. Petersburg authorities and various institutions that are actively developing international contacts.
On February 11, 2019, the diplomats were congratulated on their professional holiday by Alexander Beglov, Acting Governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Zapevalov, representative of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg, Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of the Leningrad region, etc.
During the evening, a ceremony was held to award the distinguished figures of St. Petersburg "for achievements in the development and strengthening of international cooperation"with a commemorative sign of the Russian foreign Ministry in St. Petersburg.
As part of the cultural program of the evening, the choir of boys of the Choir school. M. I. Glinka and a musical ensemble under the baton of David Goloschekin.
The plot of the TV channel " St. Petersburg»: https://topspb.tv/news/2019/02/11/aleksandr-beglov-pozdravil-diplomatov-s-professionalnym-prazdnikom/