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President Joe Biden is tapping a senior White Home official to function US ambassador to the Group for Safety and Cooperation in Europe, a key physique amid the continued war in Ukraine and at a time when the US is in search of to mission confidence about its help for Ukraine, in accordance with an announcement from the White Home.
Curtis Ried, a longtime profession international service officer who has served below two presidents on the White Home, who at present serves as chief of employees and counselor of the White Home Nationwide Safety Council is being nominated for the submit, CNN has realized.
Ried performed a key position in resettling Afghans who labored for the federal authorities within the US following the withdrawal from Afghanistan, was concerned within the administration’s technique associated to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and most just lately, has taken the lead in shoring up humanitarian support into Gaza. Ried additionally has an intensive background in multilateral diplomacy, holding positions on the United Nations, amongst different diplomatic assignments.
As Congress grapples with subsequent steps on Ukraine support, Biden administration officers have warned of the implications if Ukraine doesn’t obtain billions in extra funding, citing losses on the battlefield and ceding floor to Russia.
In a Wall Avenue Journal op-ed this week, Biden referred to as it a “pivotal second,” including that Israel and Ukraine “rely upon American help, together with weaponry” to defend themselves.
The OSCE is the world’s largest regional safety group and is made up of 57 members, together with Russia.
Months after Russia invaded Ukraine, an expert report from the group discovered “clear patterns” of violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation by Russian forces in Ukraine and detailed quite a few incidents that it says may represent battle crimes. Then US Ambassador Michael Carpenter stated on the time the report documented “the sheer scope of the Russian authorities’s cruelty.”
Carpenter, who stepped down from the submit earlier this yr, now serves because the senior director for Europe on the Nationwide Safety Council.
The transfer to appoint Ried comes because the US seeks to reaffirm management on the world stage amid political wrangling in Washington that’s stalled support to Ukraine. CIA Director Invoice Burns on Thursday warned that except the US sends extra army help, Ukraine may “lose” the battle towards Russia by the top of the yr.
It’s unclear, nonetheless, when Ried would assume the submit because the nomination nonetheless must work its means via the Senate. He’s anticipated to stay in his present submit for now.