WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has announced career diplomat Donald Blome as hisnominee for the position of US ambassador to Pakistan – a post vacant formore than three years.
Reports in international media said Donald Armin Blome, currentlyambassador to Tunisia, has been picked for the role as Washington works tomanage the situation in Afghanistan following the US withdrawal.
The development came around three years after David Hale left Pakistan inAugust 2018 while the US diplomatic mission in the South Asian country hasbeen led by charge d’affaires Ms. Angela Aggeler since then.
Former US administration nominated William Edward Bill Todd as theambassador for Pakistan, but his nomination was eventually called off.
A press release issued by the White House on Tuesday cited “Today,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the followingindividuals to serve in key roles: Donald Armin Blome, Nominee forAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic ofPakistan”.
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Meanwhile, his appointment to Pakistan needs to get approval from theSenate.
Donald Bloom, who is said to be fluent in Arabic, was earlier posted as theUS Charge d’affaires at the Libyan Foreign Office in Tunis. He also workedas the Consul General at the US Consulate in Jerusalem, and the Director ofthe Office of Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the US State Department.
