Media: former Governor of Utah huntsman has agreed to be Ambassador of the USA in Russia
Donald trump has invited Jon Huntsman to take the post of U.S. Ambassador to Russia at the beginning of this week, the newspaper reported Politico.
NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, March 9. /Offset. TASS Ivan sawyers, Anton Freaks/. Former Governor of Utah John huntsman has agreed to be U.S. Ambassador to Russia. This was announced Wednesday on NBC.
According to the source channel in the US administration, huntsman has accepted a proposal from Washington. Last week the ex-Governor met with U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson, he also contacted the assistants of the President of the United States Donald trump, and possibly his own.
Previously, the newspaper Politico, citing a source in the US administration said that in the beginning of the week US President Donald trump has invited Jon Huntsman to become U.S. Ambassador to Russia.
According to the newspaper, huntsman needs to send to the White house paper, confirmed its readiness to hold this post
After that, Washington will officially announce his nomination as Ambassador. And then he will go through the approval process in the U.S. Senate.
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Career and attitude to the Russian Federation
The huntsman, which this month will mark 57 years, speaks the Chinese language. He was U.S. Ambassador to Singapore in 1992-1993.., Governor of Utah from 2005-2009 In 2009-2011 he held the position of U.S. Ambassador to China.
In may 2011, he announced his intention to fight for the nomination of the presidential candidate of the Republican party in US elections. In January 2012, huntsman has announced the release of struggle and officially endorsed MITT Romney, who eventually lost the election to Democrat Barack Obama.
During the election campaign in 2012, huntsman criticized the policy of “reset” of relations between the US and Russia, Obama proposed. The ex-Governor, in particular, argued that the United States “pretend the Kremlin is more partner than he actually is.”
He also said that the Obama administration is trying to present the situation in such a way that Russia “to a lesser extent a threat to its neighbours than it really is.” The huntsman had supported the interaction between Washington and Moscow in the sphere of arms control, however, insisted that relations between the two countries should be considered “more objective”.
During the presidential race ended in November 2016, huntsman supported trump after a series of critical statements in his address.