President Donald J. Trump is tapping Indian-American career diplomat Geeta Pasi, who speaks several languages and has served as political officer in New Delhi as the new US ambassador to Ethiopia.
Trump’s intent to nominate Pasi, 58, currently Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the Department of State as ambassador to Ethiopia, was announced by White House Monday.
Pasi of New York is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister. She previously served as US Ambassador to Djibouti from 2011 to 2014 and Chad from June 2016 to 2018.
The appointment of Geeta Pasi as the new US ambassador to Ethiopia comes at a turbulent time in the region. Tension continues to mount across Ethiopia after the Regime postponed national elections. Opposition groups have condemned the regimes decision to postpone elections and warned it might unravel dire consequences for the country.
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