US announced new Ambassador to Pakistan

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The Senate on Saturday confirmed US ambassadors to Pakistan in one of its last actions before adjourning for a pre-election recess.

The Senate unanimously confirmed Rick Olson to be ambassador to Pakistan, where violent anti-American protests are taking place over a video made in the US that denigrated Islam.Earlier he was US ambassador to Jordan 2008-2011, and has held positions at the American embassies in Saudi Arabia and Syria.

The appointment of Olson, a 30-year veteran of the State Department who was envoy to the United Arab Emirates between 2008 and 2011, meanwhile will aim to turn a page in diplomatic relations with Islamabad.

The outgoing American ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, resigned in May after a turbulent tenure in which a covert US forces raid killed Osama bin Laden near a major military academy, humiliating the country’s powerful army.

Until June Olson served in the US embassy in Kabul as the coordinator for development and economic affairs, a key priority for Washington as the United States prepares to withdraw its forces.

Source: nation.com.pk

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