Maria Zakharova receives diplomatic rank of extraordinary envoy of 2nd class

The Head of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, has received the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary envoy of the second class.

The corresponding decree was signed by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, it is posted on the official web-portal of legal information.

According to the document, a group of diplomats recieved the diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors and envoys of 1st and 2nd classes, TASS reports.