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New U.S. ambassador arrives in Belgrade
16 August 2007 | 09:28 | Source: B92, Beta
*BELGRADE -- The U.S. embassy in Serbia said the new ambassador, Cameron
Munter, arrived in Belgrade to succeed Michael Polt.
* Ambassador Munter expressed his pleasure with his assignment and the
resolve to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Serbia, the
U.S. Embassy said.
"Our mission is to work towards a Serbia that is prosperous, secure,
democratic and fully integrated within Euro-Atlantic institutions. We
are committed to helping Serbia become a part of a Europe whole, free
and at peace," he stressed.
Munter was sworn in as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Serbia on
July 26.
Prior to the latest appointment, he served as deputy chief of Mission at
the U.S. Embassies in Prague (2005-2007) and Warsaw (2002-2005). During
this period, he also volunteered as the first team leader of the
Provincial Reconstruction Team in Mosul, Iraq (2006).
Before that, in Washington, Munter was director for Central and Eastern
Europe at the National Security Council (1999-2001), Executive Assistant
to the Counselor of the State Department (1998-1999), Director of the
Northern European Initiative (1998), and Chief of Staff in the NATO
Enlargement Ratification Office (1997-1998).
Earlier he had held the posts of Country Director for Czechoslovakia
(1989-1991) and Staff Assistant in the European Bureau of the State
Department (1988-1989).
Munter, who joined the Foreign Service in 1985, holds a doctoral degree
in Modern European History from the Johns Hopkins University and studied
also at the universities of Freiburg and Marburg in Germany and Cornell
University, the embassy said.
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