The US Senate has confirmed the nomination of diplomat Christopher Hill as the new US Ambassador to Serbia. This is also the last step in the process of confirming the new American ambassador to Belgrade, who will take the place of the former diplomatic representative, Anthony Godrfi.
Hill is coming to the position of ambassador to Serbia at the suggestion of US President Joe Biden. In mid-December 2021, Christopher Hill testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as a regular procedure of confirming the nomination. He said then that he was worried that Belgrade was turning to Russia for certain supplies for the army, and to China when it came to meeting infrastructure needs. Hill began his diplomatic career in Belgrade and participated in the process that culminated in the Dayton Agreement, and was the special delegate for Kosovo from 1998 to 1999.
Prior to retiring from diplomacy in 2010, Hill served as ambassador to Iraq, Poland and then-Macedonia. He was also Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He led the US delegation during talks with North Korean representatives on nuclear disarmament in 2003.
After an active diplomatic career, Hill was dean of the University of Denver and an advisor to the Albright-Stonebridge Group.
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