Azerbaijan, Baku, July 9 / Trend E. Kosolapova/
Central Asian Oil and Gas Company Tethys Petroleum Limited appointed former U.S. Ambassador to UN, Iraq and Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad to the company's Board of Directors, the company reported on Monday.
The appointment of the new director is subject to acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Ambassador Khalilzad will also chair a new Strategic Risk Committee of the Board.
Ambassador Khalilzad is President of a Washington, D.C. based firm focused on the Middle East and Central Asia. From 2007 to 2009, Ambassador Khalilzad served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Prior to that, he served as United States Ambassador to Iraq (2005-2007) and United States Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003 to 2005). He also served as United States Special Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan (2001 to 2003).
Ambassador Khalilzad sits on the boards of the National Endowment for Democracy, America Abroad Media, the Center for the National Interest, the Atlantic Council, the RAND Corporation's Middle East Studies Center, the American University of Iraq in Suleymania, and the American University of Afghanistan. He is also a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
He maintains close ties with high-level leadership throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, and is regularly called upon to provide strategic advice to numerous heads of state. He appears frequently on US and foreign media outlets to share his foreign policy expertise.
Tethys Petroleum Limited is an oil and gas exploration and production company currently focused on Central Asia with projects in oil-rich Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It is the only independent oil and gas company operating in all three countries.