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Newly appointed US, Russian ambassadors to present credentials

Mon, Aug 25 2008 14:08 CET byPetar Kostadinov 82 Views

The new US ambassador to Bulgaria Nancy McEldowney and the new Russian ambassador in Sofia Yuri Isakov will both present their credentials to President Geоrgi Purvanov on August 26 2008, Bulgarian news agency BTA said.

On July 25, McEldowney was officially sworn in to the post, replacing John Beyrle, who had been designated to become US ambassador in Moscow.

McEldowney's previous posts include deputy chief of mission in Ankara; office of the secretary of defense at the Pentagon; and director of European Affairs on the National Security Council at the White House. She has been posted in Azerbaijan, Germany and Egypt.

Career diplomat Yuri Isakov was until now ambassador plenipotentiary on special duty at the Russian foreign ministry, and will succeed Anatoly Potapov, who was ambassador in Sofia for the past three years, but who will now retire.

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