The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of diplomat Christopher Hill as the new US ambassador to Serbia.
This is the final step in the confirmation process of the new American ambassador to Belgrade, who will replace the former diplomatic representative, Anthony Godfrey.
Hill comes to the post 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 nomination confirmation procedure.
He said at the time that he was concerned that Belgrade was turning to Russia for certain military supplies 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 special envoy for Kosovo from 1998 to 1999.
Before 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 U.S. 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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