US Ambassador visits Alley of Martyrs
Baku/21.12.23/Turan: The newly appointed US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mark Libby, visited the Alley of Martyrs in Baku on December 20.
"Mark Libby paid his respects by going to the Alley of Martyrs. He expresses his condolences to the families and relatives who lost their loved ones as a result of the conflict," the US Embassy said in a statement on platform X.
Note that Ambassador Mark Libby arrived in Baku on December 2.
On December 15, he presented his credentials to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. However, the head of state has not yet accepted Mark Libby.-03-
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