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US names veteran diplomat to take over Afghan relocation effort
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WASHINGTON, 13 October 2021, (TON): Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement “the US State Department appointed veteran diplomat A Elizabeth Jones as a new coordinator for efforts to relocate Afghans who have fled or want to flee their country.”
Another long-serving diplomat, John Bass, a former ambassador to Afghanistan, was sent to Kabul in August to be the point person for relocations amid the chaotic withdrawal of diplomatic staff and at-risk Afghans as the city fell to the Taliban.
Price said “Jones, a former assistant secretary of state and former deputy special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will oversee the relocation process all the way from facilitating departures from Afghanistan to resettlement in the United States.”
He added "as she takes over these new duties, Ambassador Jones will focus on the very complex issues related to our efforts to facilitate the relocation and resettlement in the United States of Afghan individuals to whom we have a commitment.”
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