Missing ambassadors: US lacks top representatives in half of Mideast
2018-03-02 10:17:40 source：The Jerusalem Post
March 1, 2018
The US is woefully underrepresented throughout the Middle East. In Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Libya, Morocco and Sudan there are no US ambassadors.
And the US Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates may be leaving soon.
Besides Israel, “that’s almost every major US ally and significant country in the region,” says former ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro.
The unprecedented number of missing ambassadorial appointments mean that Washington lacks a team in place in the region to advance US interests, coordinate between countries and improve partnerships.
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