US ambassador to Belarus expected to arrive in summer 2020 – diplomat
<p> </p> <p> MINSK, Jun 3 - PrimePress. The US ambassador to Belarus is expected to arrive in Minsk in the summer of 2020, Chargé d’Affaires en pied at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk Jenifer H. Moore told reporters on June 3. </p> <p> </p> <p> “I am glad to be here at a moment when our bilateral relations are improving, when our American ambassador will come to Belarus this summer and our nations will find out that we have more in common than different,” BelTA state newswire quotes her as saying. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, Belarus recalled its ambassador to the United States, Mikhail Khvostov, in March 2008 after the US imposed additional sanctions against the Belneftekhim state petrochemical concern. Belarusian authorities demanded that US Ambassador Karen Stewart leave Belarus, and that the number of American diplomats reduce from 35 to five. Since then, the embassies had been headed by charges d’affaires. The Foreign Ministry of Belarus lifted restrictions on the number of American diplomats in March 2019. </p> <p> </p> <p> US Under Secretary of State David Hale announced in September 2019 that the United States and Belarus were ready to appoint ambassadors. President Donald Trump nominated Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Europe and the EU Julie D. Fisher as United States ambassador to Belarus. Fisher previously served as deputy chief of mission of the US Mission to NATO and charge d’affaires a.i. of the US embassies in Russia, and counselor at the US embassies in Georgia and Ukraine. End </p> <br> <p> </p>
2020-06-04
Primepress
US ambassador to Belarus expected to arrive in summer 2020 – diplomat
MINSK, Jun 3 - PrimePress. The US ambassador to Belarus is expected to arrive in Minsk in the summer of 2020, Chargé d’Affaires en pied at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk Jenifer H. Moore told reporters on June 3.
“I am glad to be here at a moment when our bilateral relations are improving, when our American ambassador will come to Belarus this summer and our nations will find out that we have more in common than different,” BelTA state newswire quotes her as saying.
As reported, Belarus recalled its ambassador to the United States, Mikhail Khvostov, in March 2008 after the US imposed additional sanctions against the Belneftekhim state petrochemical concern. Belarusian authorities demanded that US Ambassador Karen Stewart leave Belarus, and that the number of American diplomats reduce from 35 to five. Since then, the embassies had been headed by charges d’affaires. The Foreign Ministry of Belarus lifted restrictions on the number of American diplomats in March 2019.
US Under Secretary of State David Hale announced in September 2019 that the United States and Belarus were ready to appoint ambassadors. President Donald Trump nominated Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Europe and the EU Julie D. Fisher as United States ambassador to Belarus. Fisher previously served as deputy chief of mission of the US Mission to NATO and charge d’affaires a.i. of the US embassies in Russia, and counselor at the US embassies in Georgia and Ukraine. End