US Senate to eye Richard Morningstar’s candidacy to post of ambassador to Baku

US Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations will hold hearing to examine the nomination of Richard Morningstar to the post of ambassador to Azerbaijan on June 13.

The US Senate’s official website reported that President Obama nominated US Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar to the post of ambassador to Azerbaijan on April 27.

Richard Morningstar, 67, has been working in the post of US Secretary of State’s Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy since April 2009. From 1999 to 2001, he served as US Ambassador to the European Union.
 

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