The appointment of John Tefft says about American willingness to dialogue, says expert
Peter Martynychev. The proposal by President Barack Hussein Obama to appoint an Ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, regardless common vision, speaks about the fact that Washington is still attaches importance of Russian-American relations, said Last news managing Director of the consulting organization Kissinger Associates, former assistant to the US President on Russian issues Thomas Graham.
Obama made the initiative of John Tefft as Ambassador in the Russian Federation, the candidate is obliged to approve the Senate. The majority of Russian experts call John Tefft, who worked in Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine, specialist color revolutions.
" John Tefft is a career diplomat, one of the best in the US. He has served successfully in a number of places, and among them the American Embassy in the capital of Russia (where I worked with him in the mid 1990s). Despite widespread in the capital of Russia vision, the intention Obama to send Tefft in Russia is a sign of the importance that He still gives us-Russian relations, despite the obvious difficulties, " said Graham.
the expert is sure that the new Ambassador in the case of saying the Senate will have an opportunity to establish a dialogue with the Russian leadership, If the capital of Russia will be such an intention.
" I have no doubt that Tefft will do a wonderful job of explaining U.S. policy of Russian government representatives and other audiences, and that He will pass in Washington accurate information about the interests and concerns of Russia. If the capital of Russia is striving to normalize relations with the US, they are unlikely to have the opportunity to discover the interlocutor better Tefft. He will treat Russia with respect, and He deserves respect ", - said Graham.
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