Kazakhstan, Astana, Dec.29 / Trend A. Maratov /
U.S. ambassador, Richard Hoagland, ends his diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan, the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan told Trend. The Senate Chairman, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev, met with the U.S. diplomat in connection with the termination of the term of his authorities on Wednesday.
"During the meeting Tokayev stressed the great contribution of the American side to the successful hosting of the OSCE summit in Astana, to which the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's participation in this historic forum contributed," the Kazakh Senate told Trend.
Drawing the attention of the American diplomat to the law adopted by Parliament on the activity of the educational institution "Nazarbayev University" Tokayev stressed the prospects and great potential for cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United States in the educational sphere.
Hoagland served as the U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan from September 2008.
Previously he served as U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan, and in 2007-2008 was the Chargé d'affaires of the United States in Turkmenistan.
In 2001-2003, Hoagland was the director of the Department of Central Asia and Caucasus in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs under the U.S. State Department. While in this post, he prepared and held bilateral talks on four bilateral key documents that contributed to the strengthening of relations between the countries of Central Asia and the United States.