Newly-nominated US ambassador to arrive in summer

The US ambassador to Azerbaijan Ross Wilson told journalists that the new ambassador nominated by President George W. Bush would arrive in Baku no sooner than the summer as in this interval the new ambassador’s candidacy must pass through voting in the Senate and the further job for the incumbent ambassador had to be designated.

Touching upon Armenian media comments on the new nomination, Ross Wilson said there was no need to equivocate as to the appointment of experienced diplomat Reno Harnish, who has headed the US missions to Kosovo and Pristine. *