U.S. Embassy Baku is delighted to welcome William R. Gill as our Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM).
DCM Gill is a career member of the Foreign Service and joined the Department of State in 1995. Most recently, he served as a Career Development Officer in the Bureau of Human Resources in Washington, DC. Prior to that, he was Acting Director and Deputy Director of Western European Affairs from 2011-2013. Earlier, he served as U.S. Consul in Milan, Italy, from 2007 to 2011, and as U.S. Consul in Beirut, Lebanon, from 2005 to 2007, when he coordinated the evacuation of 15,000 Americans during the July-August 2006 war. His other overseas postings include India and Morocco.
Mr. Gill holds a degree in History from The College of William and Mary. He is a native of Virginia, and his foreign languages are French, Azerbaijani, Italian, and Arabic. -02D-
Politics
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The gas pipeline from Russia to Iran will pass through Azerbaijan, its route has been agreed upon. Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev told reporters, TASS reports.
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Journalist Farid Ismayilov, who had been under police supervision in connection with the Toplum TV case, was detained on January 17 and brought to the Khatai District Court, his colleagues reported.
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Ilham Aliyev congratulated Irakli Kobakhidze on the victory of the Georgian Dream party in the elections and wished him continued success. "The victory of your party is of particular significance for the entire South Caucasus, making it a more stable region, and we rejoice in this victory as your friends and brothers. We wish your government new successes in its work," said Aliyev during a joint briefing following talks and the signing of bilateral documents.
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On January 17, the Khatai District Court of Baku rejected the requests for house arrest for journalists Aynur Elgünesh and Natig Djavadly, employees of Meydan TV, their lawyers, Elchin Sadigov and Zibeyda Sadigova reported to Turan news agency. According to the lawyers, there are no legal or procedural grounds for keeping the journalists in detention. The journalists themselves stated that the criminal case against them had been fabricated to punish them for their professional activities. The defense intends to appeal the court's refusal to transfer the journalists to house arrest.
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