Deputy Assistant Secretary of State to visit Azerbaijan

Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Erika Olson, will travel to Azerbaijan for meetings with government officials and to participate in a regional Chiefs of Mission Conference April 27-28.

Report informs, citing the US Embassy to Azerbaijan, that the conference will be attended by US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Earle D. (Lee) Litzenberger, US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan, US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Simakovsky, Acting Coordinator for US Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Greg Naarden, and Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations Andrew Schofer.

Such Chiefs of Mission conferences take place on a regular basis. The most recent was hosted by US Embassy in Yerevan in 2021. US Embassy Baku and U.S. Embassy Tbilisi also such conferences hosted in 2019 and 2018, respectively. Due to COVID-19, the conference was not held in 2020.