Donald Blome takes oath as US envoy to Pakistan - Photo: Twitter/@DeputySecState
Donald Blome Takes Oath as US Envoy to Pakistan
Washington, DC: Senior diplomat Donald Armin Blome took oath as new US ambassador to Pakistan, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.
“Honored to swear in Ambassador Donald A Blome as the US Ambassador to Pakistan. Ambassador Blome is a stellar choice to build upon 75 years of US-Pakistan relations,” Deputy US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman wrote on her official Twitter handle.
She also thanked the US Senate “for his confirmation to this important post”.
On March 3, the US Senate finally approved Ambassador Blome, a career diplomat, as envoy to Pakistan. He is expected to arrive in Islamabad on May 23 to take charge of his new position.
The US State Department, following the approval of Ambassador Blome, said in a statement that the partnership with Pakistan was a “key to progress on regional security, trade, investment, the climate crisis and human rights”.
Blome will be the first full-time ambassador to Pakistan since August 2018 when American envoy David Hale returned home after completing his term.
After that, former US president Donald Trump’s administration did not appoint a full-time envoy to Islamabad.
This happened despite ties between the two countries improving thanks to the personal bonhomie between Trump and former premier Imran Khan and close cooperation between the two countries on the Afghan endgame.
The appointment of Blome as US ambassador to Pakistan comes at a time when the two sides are seeking a reset in their troubled relationship…. – The Express Tribune
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