US embassy: Cekuta expected to continue as ambassador to Azerbaijan
As a long-serving member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Robert Cekuta is expected to continue serving as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the US Embassy told APA on Friday.
“American ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States whose personal representatives they are,” the embassy said.
Robert Cekuta took the office as US Ambassador to Azerbaijan in February 2015.
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