Former US Ambassador to Iraq Jim Jeffery has been appointed to serve as Representative for Syrian Engagement, Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a conference call on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th August, 2018) Former US Ambassador to Iraq Jim Jeffery has been appointed to serve as Representative for Syrian Engagement, Department of State spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a conference call on Friday.
"The State Department and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are both pleased to announce that Jim Jeffery, a retired Foreign Service Officer, who most recently served as US ambassador to Iraq, will rejoin the State Department as the Secretary's Representative for Syrian Engagement," Nauert told reporters.
