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U.S. deputy secretary of state to arrive in Baku(UPDATE-1)

Politics Materials 21 February 2011 18:34 (UTC +04:00)
U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Baku on Feb.24, the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan said on Monday.
U.S. deputy secretary of state to arrive in Baku(UPDATE-1)

The staff of the delegation was specified (the first version was posted at 11:34)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.21 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /

U.S. First Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Baku on Feb.24, the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan said on Monday.

"Steinberg will arrive in Baku from Tbilisi," an embassy official said.

According to a representative of the Embassy, Steinberg will be accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon during his regional tour.

As Armenian media outlets reported, citing the country's Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan, the delegation headed by Steinberg will also visit Armenia on Feb. 23 .

U.S. senior officials visited Azerbaijan last summer. Then-Pentagon Chief Robert Gates and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Baku.

In December, after an 18 -month absence of a U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, U.S. President Barack Obama appointed Matthew Bryza to the post.

According to the U.S. Constitution, the candidates nominated by the president must be approved by the Senate. However, as Congress is between sessions, the president may make appointments independently.

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