On August 27, the Foreign Ministry marks the centenary of its Department of Diplomatic Courier Service. The Department is responsible for the compilation and delivery of diplomatic correspondence from and to the Russian Federation.
Russian diplomatic couriers provide regular uninterrupted delivery of diplomatic correspondence to more than 120 foreign missions on a monthly basis, including to countries with a complicated military and political situation.
On July 5, 2018, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On the Diplomatic Correspondence of the Russian Federation and the Diplomatic Courier Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aimed at improving the legislation and consistent implementation of Russia’s foreign policy, thus opening a new page in the history of the diplomatic courier service.