U.S. Ambassador to Turkey to be replaced

news.am, Armenia
May 8 2010

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey to be replaced

14:37 / 05/08/2010Incumbent U.S. Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey is
likely to be dismissed in the middle of the year assuming his Iraqi
colleague’s office, CNNTurk reports referring to American source.

New head of diplomatic mission in Ankara might be the U.S. Deputy
Ambassador to Afghanistan Francis Riccardone.

Change of the official it will be on a sensitive period for Turkey-U.S
relations. The strain between the allied countries emerged after the
adoption of Armenian Genocide resolution by the U.S. House Committee
for Foreign Affairs.

S.T.