Eliav Belotserkovskiy

Eliav Belotserkovskiy was born in 1963 in Chișinău

Eliav Belotserkovskiy was born in Chișinău. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations and Asian studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also holds a master's degree in international management from the Boston University program in Israel.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1996 as an assistant to the deputy director general for economic affairs. He was first secretary at the embassy in Singapore from 1998 to 2001 and deputy ambassador in Cyprus from 2001 to 2003. He later served as deputy head of the Eurasia division, deputy ambassador in India from 2007 to 2011, and head of economic relations with China and India from 2011 to 2014.

In 2014 he became ambassador to Ukraine, a post he held until 2018. After Ukraine voted for UN Security Council Resolution 2334 in December 2016, a visit by its prime minister was canceled and he was called to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv. Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman visited Israel in May 2017.

In 2021 he was appointed ambassador to South Africa and served there until 2024. During the Swords of Iron war, South Africa brought a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. He was summoned for a reprimand and later recalled to Jerusalem for consultations. In 2025 he became ambassador to China.