It is difficult to overestimate your talent as a diplomat and teacher. Among your students, there were heads of state, current ministers, and well-known politicians. I will never forget my student years at MGIMO, when you were the dean of the Faculty of International Relations. Perhaps it was the happiest time in my life.

Your contribution to the development of Russian education and science has deservedly earned you recognition among colleagues in Russia and abroad. The Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, headed by you, is rightfully the leader of the Russian system of higher professional education in the field of international relations.
I wish you happiness and prosperity, good health and new successes!"