Add to your saved storiesSave Peter Tarnoff, a U.S. diplomat who rose to No. 3 in the State Department in the 1990s after years as a behind-the-scenes envoy, including helping to craft a plan to smuggle six State Department employees out of Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis, in a ruse recounted in the film … Read more
PRISTINA, Kosovo — The European Union’s envoy for the western Balkans began a surprise two-day visit to Kosovo on Monday to talk with its leaders on further steps in normalization talks with Serbia. Miroslav Lajcak met with Kosovar Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi, who is Kosovo’s main negotiator in the EU-facilitated talks with Serbia, from … Read more
Comment on this storyComment Former ambassador David M. Satterfield has been appointed as special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues, a role in which he will focus on “ensuring lifesaving assistance can reach vulnerable people throughout the Middle East,” the State Department announced Sunday. Satterfield, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey who is director of … Read more
CAIRO — The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya on Monday called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction of a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month. U.N. Special Envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily said in a statement that such a mechanism is required amid “unilateral and competing initiatives” … Read more
The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, left, arrives at the area before a military parade marking the 63th anniversary of Cyprus’ independence … Read more
Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission to return Ukrainian youngsters taken to Russia ByThe Related Press September 12, 2023, 12:03 PM FILE – Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the CEI (Italian Convention of Bishops), welcomes parishioners after celebrating Mass on the Cathedral … Read more
North Korea on Wednesday hurled misogynistic insults at a newly confirmed United States particular envoy to observe the nation’s human rights points and warned of unspecified safety penalties if Washington continues to criticize its human rights con… ByKIM TONG-HYUNG Related Press FILE – A North Korean flag flutters within the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) … Read more
ROME — Pope Francis’ peace envoy for Ukraine, a veteran of the Catholic Church’s conflict-mediation efforts, blasted conflict as a “pandemic” on Tuesday and stated all Christians are referred to as to be peacemakers. In his first public feedback since being named Ukraine envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi referred to as for the creation of a … Read more