Appointment: Richards takes charge as US Consul General at Peshawar
Dr Richards is fluent in Urdu and proficient in Pashto.
ISLAMABAD:
Dr Marie Richards Thursday took charge as new US Consul General Peshawar. She was welcomed to Peshawar at the 11th Corps’ Garrison Club in a ceremony presided over by US Ambassador Cameron Munter. Dr Richards brings with her two decades of diplomatic experience, including previous experience in Pakistan and the region.
In his remarks, Ambassador Munter welcomed Dr Richards as a “great friend of Pakistan.” He underscored the strong working relationship with officials of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the Fata Secretariat and noted that “together we have been able to implement projects that improve the lives of the people of this area.”
Dr Richards said, “I am thrilled to be here in Peshawar. Consulate Peshawar is proud to be a partner of the K-P government and the Fata Secretariat. I look forward to continuing this close collaboration during my tenure.”
Prior to her appointment in Peshawar, Dr Richards served as the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Coordinator at US Embassy Islamabad and was the Director for Afghanistan on the staff of the National Security Council in the Executive Office of the President.
She was the Deputy Political-Military Counsellor in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2005-2007. In Washington, she served as the Asia Section Chief in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers Policy. She has also served in Guangzhou, China, New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
Dr Richards is fluent in Urdu and proficient in Pashto.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.
Dr Marie Richards Thursday took charge as new US Consul General Peshawar. She was welcomed to Peshawar at the 11th Corps’ Garrison Club in a ceremony presided over by US Ambassador Cameron Munter. Dr Richards brings with her two decades of diplomatic experience, including previous experience in Pakistan and the region.
In his remarks, Ambassador Munter welcomed Dr Richards as a “great friend of Pakistan.” He underscored the strong working relationship with officials of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and the Fata Secretariat and noted that “together we have been able to implement projects that improve the lives of the people of this area.”
Dr Richards said, “I am thrilled to be here in Peshawar. Consulate Peshawar is proud to be a partner of the K-P government and the Fata Secretariat. I look forward to continuing this close collaboration during my tenure.”
Prior to her appointment in Peshawar, Dr Richards served as the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Coordinator at US Embassy Islamabad and was the Director for Afghanistan on the staff of the National Security Council in the Executive Office of the President.
She was the Deputy Political-Military Counsellor in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2005-2007. In Washington, she served as the Asia Section Chief in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers Policy. She has also served in Guangzhou, China, New Delhi, India, and Karachi, Pakistan.
Dr Richards is fluent in Urdu and proficient in Pashto.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.