US President Joe Biden introduced his intent to appoint present
US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy as Washington’s subsequent envoy to
Russia, the White Home mentioned in an announcement, Development studies citing
TASS.
“As we speak, President Joe Biden introduced his intent to appoint
<�…> Lynne M. Tracy, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation,” the doc says.
In response to the doc, previous to her appointment as US
ambassador to Armenia, Tracy was the Senior Adviser for Russia in
the State Division’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and,
earlier than that, the Deputy Chief of Mission at US Embassy in Moscow,
Russia (2014-2017).
Earlier, Tracy served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central
Asia within the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs and as
Director for Central Asia on the Nationwide Safety Council. The
Division of State famous that she speaks Russian.
Tracy, who has headed the US diplomatic mission to Armenia since
2019, will develop into the primary feminine US Ambassador to Russia if her
candidacy is authorized.
At current, the submit of US ambassador to Russia is vacant,
following the departure of John Sullivan, 62, from Moscow on
September 4. He was appointed by former US President Donald Trump,
a Republican, in December 2019.
Final week, CNN reported on the subject of personal sources, that US
President Joe Biden plans to appoint the present head of the US
diplomatic mission in Armenia, Lynne Tracy, to the submit of
ambassador to Russia. In response to the channel, the Biden
administration hopes that the US Senate will rapidly approve
Tracy’s nomination and that she’s going to quickly have the ability to begin working
in Moscow. It’s famous that the US authorities have already despatched a
corresponding request to the Russian Federation for approval.
