MR. GRIGORIY LOGVINOV

Mr. Logvinov is the Political Counselor for South and East Asian Affairs, The Russian Embassy to the United States.  He graduated from Moscow University (College for Asian and African Studies).  Mr. Logvinov has been in the diplomatic service since 1979 positioned in the People’s Republic of China from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1993.  From 1993 until 1996, he was assigned as Director, Office for Chinese Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.  He participated in all Russian (Soviet)-Chinese consultations, talks and meetings from 1982 through 1996, including political consultations on normalization of bilateral relations in 1982-1988; border negotiations in 1987-1996; arms reduction talks in the border area in 1987-1996; President Gorbachev’s China trip in 1989; President Yeltsin’s visits to the PRC in 1992 and 1996; and, President Jiang Jemin and President Li Peng visits to Russia in 1994 and 1995.