[01] New US Special Coordinator for Cyprus named
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The US yesterday named Mr Thomas G. Weston as the new Special Coordinator
for Cyprus.
Mr Weston, a Minister-Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service, succeeds
Thomas J. Miller.
The US State Department Spokesman James Rubin in a press statement said
that Cyprus continues to be a high priority of the US administration.
"The President and Secretary Albright are committed to bringing about a
just and lasting solution to the Cyprus dispute. As mandated by the
President, the Special Coordinator for Cyprus is dedicated to facilitating
a permanent settlement of the Cyprus problem", Rubin said.
Mr Weston has been a member of the US Foreign Service since 1969. Most
recently, he served as Special Coordinator for Summits in the Bureau of
European Affairs and has been a Senior Inspector in the Office of the
Inspector General since 1998. During 1996 and 1997 he was charge d'affaires
to Canada. Before that he was Director of Studies at the Institute for the
Study of Diplomacy at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown
University. From 1993-1994 he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for European and Canadian Affairs, responsible for multilateral diplomacy
with Europe including US participation in NATO, the OSCE and the OECD and
US relations with the European Union, the Western European Union, and the
Council of Europe. Prior to that he served at the US Mission to the
European Union as Deputy Chief of Mission.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
