США назначили опытного дипломата в качестве врио сопредседателя в Минской группе ОБСЕ

Правительство Соединенных Штатов назначило опытного дипломата на пост врио сопредседателя в Минской группе ОБСЕ по Карабаху, который заменит уходящего сопредседателя, посла Джеймса Уорлика, который подал в отставку раньше срока из-за перехода на работу в частный сектор.

Новым сопредседателем станет посол Ричард Хоугланд, у которого за плечами более 30 лет дипломатического опыта. С 2003 по 2006 год он служил в качестве посла США в Таджикистане, с 2008 по 2011 год послом США в Казахстане, с 2011 по 2013 год в качестве заместителя посла в Пакистане. В последнее время посол Хоугланд занимался вопросами военной координации США и России для прекращения военных действий в Сирии и занимал должность заместителя помощника государственного секретаря в Бюро по делам Южной и Центральной Азии в Государственном Департаменте в Вашингтоне. До этих назначений, посол Хоугланд возглавлял Управление по делам Кавказа и Центральной Азии в Бюро Европы и Евразии и был пресс-секретарем посольства США в Москве.

В заявлении правительства США говорится, что "богатый дипломатический опыт посла Хоугланда будет иметь решающее значение в работе Соединенных Штатов со сторонами в направлении прочного и мирного урегулирования нагорно-карабахского конфликта. Соединенные Штаты призывают стороны сохранять приверженность к соглашению о прекращении огня и реализации договоренностей, достигнутых в ходе встреч на высшем уровне в Вене и Санкт-Петербурге, и призывают вернуться к переговорам по урегулированию, что принесет пользу всем сторонам".

Постоянный представитель США будет назван позднее.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам агентств

фото: посол Ричард Хоугланд (фото из архива)

 

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