U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy affirms prior to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee throughout her verification hearing to be the next ambassador to Russia in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 30, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday validated Lynne Tracy as President Joe Biden’s candidate to be ambassador to Russia, hours prior to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to provide an unusual wartime address to a joint conference of Congress.
Tracy, a profession diplomat and present ambassador to Armenia, will be the very first lady to function as U.S. ambassador toRussia It was not instantly clear when she will presume the post, since Russia needs to consent to accept her.
“The United States needs an ambassador to represent us in Moscow,” stated Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, keeping in mind that it was the 300 th day of the Russian war on Ukraine as he prompted assistance for Tracy.
Tracy was validated by a frustrating 93 -2. The 2 no votes originated from Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee.
Washington has actually been sending out a consistent supply of weapons and financial help to Zelenskyy’s federal government as Ukraine battles Russian soldiers.
Biden revealed Tracy’s election in September, weeks after the departure of John Sullivan, who had actually been designated by previous Republican President Donald Trump and was ambassador as Russia’s February intrusion of Ukraine plunged relations to depths not seen considering that the Cold War.
A Russian speaker, Tracy acted as deputy chief of objective in Moscow from 2014 to 2017.
Russia recently questioned Tracy’s viability, recommending she may feel more in the house at a hardline think tank. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated remarks by Tracy in the media and to the foreign relations committee revealed that she saw tighter sanctions versus Moscow as the method forward in bilateral relations. She stated Tracy had actually likewise kept in mind the requirement for contacts with the opposition and civil society.
Moscow has an ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov.
