17/12/2014 16:06
Senate confirms U.S. Ambassadors to Armenia and Azerbaijan
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Richard Mills as next Ambassador to Armenia. The current Ambassador John Heffern congratulated R. Mills in a Twitter post. He also wrote the Senate had confirmed Robert Cekuta as Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
Richard Mills was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Prior to that, he served as Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Malta. Early in his career, R. Mills worked in Washington at the Soviet Desk, eventually becoming desk officer for the newly independent Armenia and Azerbaijan.