United States Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy
The Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy is a diplomatic position within the
Central Asian, Russian and other political and business leaders to support the continued development and diversification of the energy sector."[1] The position was filled by Richard Morningstar
.
C. Boyden Gray
The legislation calling for the position was drafted in 2007. In February 2008, responding to questions on the issue at a briefing before the
Bush administration named C. Boyden Gray as the first envoy to this position.[1]
On 14 November 2008, Gray became part of the presidential delegation assigned to attend the Baku Energy Summit in
Azerbaijan.[5] The delegation also included Ambassador to Azerbaijan Anne E. Derse and Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
. Gray resigned from this position on January 20, 2009.
Richard Morningstar
United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan
, and the role has been left vacant since.
References
- ^ a b Statement by the Press Secretary - March 31, 2008 The White House
- ^ Rice's Opening Remarks at Senate Foreign Relations Committee America.gov
- ^ Rice: US Naming Special Energy Envoy Yahoo! Finance
- ^ US Diplomats Set Their Sights On Turkmenistan's Berdymukhamedov Eurasianet
- ^ Personnel Announcement, a November 10, 2008 White House news release
- ^ Daniel Fineren (2009-04-26). "Iran can make more of its energy riches: U.S. envoy". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ Selcuk Gokoluk (2009-07-12). "Russia free to supply gas to Nabucco-U.S. envoy". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ "Ankara prepares for Nabucco agreement". United Press International. 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ "Nabucco gas pipeline nations wary of Iran-US envoy". Reuters. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
- ^ "U.S. envoy: No role for Iran in Nabucco". United Press International. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2009-07-19.