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US SENATE TO CONSIDER MORNINGSTAR AS AMBASSADOR TO BAKU
Vestnik Kavkaza
June 13 2012
Russia
The Committee for Foreign Relations of the US Senate will consider
Richard Morningstar as the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 1news reports.
President Barack Obama announced plans to appoint 67-year old
Morningstar in late April. The diplomat has been the Special Envoy
for Eurasian Energy.
Elnur Aslanov, head of the section for political analyses and
information support of the Presidential Administration, called
Morningstar a professional diplomat and a well-known figure in
the region.
Ambassador Matthew Bryza's mandate expired in late December 2011.
Armenian lobbyists did not allow him to be approved at the session
in January 2012.
Morningstar will also be considered as an Ambassador to Netherlands
and Suriname.
Vestnik Kavkaza
June 13 2012
Russia
The Committee for Foreign Relations of the US Senate will consider
Richard Morningstar as the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 1news reports.
President Barack Obama announced plans to appoint 67-year old
Morningstar in late April. The diplomat has been the Special Envoy
for Eurasian Energy.
Elnur Aslanov, head of the section for political analyses and
information support of the Presidential Administration, called
Morningstar a professional diplomat and a well-known figure in
the region.
Ambassador Matthew Bryza's mandate expired in late December 2011.
Armenian lobbyists did not allow him to be approved at the session
in January 2012.
Morningstar will also be considered as an Ambassador to Netherlands
and Suriname.