U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S NEW POINT MAN FOR CAUCASUS
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=23772
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 20 Jul.'11 / 02:42
Eric Rubin, who most recently was deputy chief of mission at the U.S.
embassy in Moscow, has been appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary
for European and Eurasian Affairs to oversee relations with countries
in the Caucasus, as well as with Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.
Rubin, a career foreign service officer, has replaced Tina Kaidanow,
who has been promoted as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs earlier this month.
In his new capacity Rubin participated on July 18 in a meeting of
the U.S.-Georgia defense and security working group in frames of the
strategic partnership charter between the two countries. Assistant
Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow was also representing the U.S.
at the meeting in Washington.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, that Georgia's
participation in the Afghan operation and its transit potential,
as well as bilateral defense cooperation, Georgia's NATO integration
and situation in the conflict areas were discussed during the meeting.
http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=23772
Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 20 Jul.'11 / 02:42
Eric Rubin, who most recently was deputy chief of mission at the U.S.
embassy in Moscow, has been appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary
for European and Eurasian Affairs to oversee relations with countries
in the Caucasus, as well as with Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.
Rubin, a career foreign service officer, has replaced Tina Kaidanow,
who has been promoted as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs earlier this month.
In his new capacity Rubin participated on July 18 in a meeting of
the U.S.-Georgia defense and security working group in frames of the
strategic partnership charter between the two countries. Assistant
Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow was also representing the U.S.
at the meeting in Washington.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, that Georgia's
participation in the Afghan operation and its transit potential,
as well as bilateral defense cooperation, Georgia's NATO integration
and situation in the conflict areas were discussed during the meeting.