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According to the envoy, "The administration has put almost everything on the `Ukrainian card’: its own international authority, the money of American taxpayers, and the lives of Ukrainian soldiers.
Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/196993/US-deliberately-escalating-Ukraine-conflict-Russian-envoy
Also on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told China’s special envoy Li Hui that there were “serious obstacles” to peace talks, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Amir-Abdollahian also stressed that his country has “red lines” and told the UN envoy that if Israel’s attacks continue and especially if a land attack on Gaza is launched, Iran “will have to respond.”
Source: https://thefrontierpost.com/iran-warns-israel-of-intervention-unless-attacks-on-gaza-stop/
At the same time, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi announced she will establish an office of ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar to engage with all parties involved.
Source: https://www.newdelhitimes.com/pressure-mounts-on-asean-chair-indonesia-to-act-on-myanmar/
Bob Rae, Canada's permanent UN envoy, introduced an amendment that “unequivocally rejects and condemns” the attacks while demanding the “immediate and unconditional” safe release of all hostages.
Both sides agreed on continuing consultation and coordination in the upcoming stage, as the UN envoy appreciated Egypt’s role and its continued support for the UN in order to reach a solution to the crisis in Syria.
Source: https://sana.sy/en/?p=305702
Both sides have accepted the appointment of the envoy, following the Turkish Cypriot side’s rejection of the first name tabled, former Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop.
Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/12/11/leaders-meet-at-uns-end-of-year-dinner-at-ledra-palace/
China's Special envoy to visit Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France and Russiafinancialjuice.
China's top climate envoy, Xie Zhenhue, described this year's climate summit as the hardest in his career.
Chinese envoy Zhai Jun will visit the Middle East next week to push for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and promote peace talks, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has reported.
Deborah Lipstadt, the American special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, also met with Christian church leaders on her visit to Jerusalem in June.
Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-jerusalem-christians-under-attack-far-right-more-brazen
During a ceremonious Mass, papal envoy Cardinal Marcello Semeraro read out the Latin formula of the beatification of the Ulma family signed last month by Pope Francis.
Eric Garcetti was confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India on Wednesday, ending a logjam that had left an important American mission abroad without a regular envoy for almost two years.
Source: https://voiceonline.com/u-s-senate-confirms-eric-garcetti-as-ambassador-to-india/
Estonia's UN envoy Rein Tammsaar, speaking also on behalf of Latvia and Lithuania, warned the Security Council Friday as it met to discuss Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighbouring Belarus.
Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/ukraine-calls-russia-un-presidency-slap-face.1023014
"Fighting and troop movements have continued even today, despite a commitment by both sides not to pursue military advantage before the cease-fire takes effect," Volker Perthes, the UN's envoy to Sudan, told the Security Council on Monday.
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has urged President William Ruto to fire his predecessor as his peace envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia if he continues to disrespect him.
From 2021 to 2022, he served as deputy special envoy for climate at the U.S. State Department.
Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/01/14/us-climate-policy-biden-inflation-reduction-act/
Gaza City is described by the Israeli military as “the heart of Hamas terror,” but David Satterfield, the U.S. special envoy for aid assistance, estimates that 350,000 to 400,000 civilians remain there.
Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/gaza-ceasefire-pressure-grows-israel/
He added that following an election victory ministers would take a number of actions including appointing an envoy to Brussels "to prepare the ground for independence" and EU membership.
He appointed a special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, who visited the island from time to time and spoke to the two sides, but this was just a gesture to acknowledge the problem existed.