TIRANA, December 8 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the procedures for the replacement of the ambassador of the United States to Tirana, Yuri Kim have kicked off, according to an announcement released by it on Thursday.
Ambassador Kim started her mandate in January 2020 and she will have to leave at the end of it after 3 years.
No details are provided in the announcement regarding her successor. “We confirm that the procedure to replace Ambassador Kim has officially started, while the procedure does not allow us to comment on the name of the new ambassador,” said the announcement.
Yuri Kim arrived in Tirana as the US Ambassador to Albania in January 2020 and she was picked up during the Trump administration.
Ambassador Kim, a career diplomat, has worked on key foreign policy and national security challenges across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, said the announcement. /Argumentum.al
