Embassy News

U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE, Julie Finley, to Visit Turkmenistan

PAS No 199
October 19, 2007

Ambassador Julie Finley

Ashgabat, October 19, 2007 –The U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Julie Finley, will pay a three-day official visit to Turkmenistan starting October 20, 2007. During her visit to Ashgabat and Mary cities, she will meet with non-governmental groups to learn about their work in public initiatives, human rights issues, and other work including market and economic reforms. Ambassador Finley will also meet with Turkmenistan government officials to discuss the pace and scope of societal reform in the country.

Ambassador Julie Finley was nominated to head the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) by U.S. President George Bush and was sworn in August 2005. She has worked for the television news agencies NBC and ABC News and for The Washington Post. Ambassador Finley previously visited Turkmenistan in May, 2006.