Baku-APA. New US Ambassador to Russia John Francis Tefft is expected to arrive in Moscow in the coming few days, a high-ranking diplomatic source in Washington told ITAR-TASS on Thursday. Tefft has been sworn in and is about to leave for Moscow, he said, APA reports quoting ITAR-TASS.
Another source familiar with the situation did not rule out that the new ambassador might come as soon as Friday, September 5.
Unlike the previous ambassador, Michael McFaul, who was a political appointee, John Tefft is a career diplomat. President Obama nominated him for the job July 10.
His previous professional record includes ambassadorial positions in Ukraine, Georgia and Lithuania. He also served as a deputy to Ambassador Thomas Pickering.
From November 1996 through to September 1997, he was a de facto head of the embassy in Moscow in the rank of charge d’affairs.
Tefft, now 64, has held a number of positions in the US.Department of State’s headquarters and also in cities outside the US, like Rome, Budapest, or Jerusalem.
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