Donald Blome nominated as the new US ambassador to Pakistan
- Blome is currently serving as the ambassador of the US in Tunisia.
- A career Foreign Service diplomat, Blome has extensive experience in the region.
- He once worked in the US embassy in Kabul, which was closed a few months ago after the collapse of the Ashraf Ghani government.
WASHINGTON, OCT 20: US President Joe Biden picked career diplomat Donald Blome as his top diplomat in Pakistan, as the volatile situation in Afghanistan escalates following the withdrawal of US troops from the country.
Blome is currently serving as the
ambassador of the US in Tunisia. He is a career Foreign Service diplomat with
long experience in the region who once worked in the Kabul embassy, shuttered
earlier this year during the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Pakistan is playing a major role
in diplomacy with its Taliban-ruled neighbour.
International agencies have
warned that Afghanistan is on the verge of humanitarian collapse without access
to aid or foreign reserves, which remain frozen in the United States.
Pakistan's relationship with
neighbouring China has also been of interest to the Biden administration, which
regards Beijing as its chief international rival.
Tunisia, where Blome has worked
as ambassador since 2019, is an important diplomatic outpost for the United
States in North Africa, representing interests beyond the country's borders, including
in neighbouring Libya.
The ambassadorial position requires Senate confirmation.
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Courtesy geo.tv
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