Sunday, 5 November 2023

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DIPLOMACY

US Senate confirms Herro Mustafa Garg as new ambassador to Egypt

Garg will replace US chargé d’affaires Elizabeth Jones

Herro Mustafa Garg has been appointed as the US ambassador to Egypt,the Senate confirmed last Thursday. Garg is a career diplomat and most recently served as the US Ambassador to Bulgaria. She also served as deputy director of the Afghanistan Office and as the director for Iran, Israeli-Palestinian affairs and Jordan at the National Security Council. US chargé d’affaires Elizabeth Jones has been acting as the interim ambassador.

FYI: She speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Bulgarian and Portuguese. A documentary called American Herro was made about her family story in 2009.