US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mark Libby has resigned from the diplomatic service due to health, the US Embassy in Azerbaijan revealed, Olaylar informs.
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from US diplomatic service. The health concerns I noted in my testimony before the US Senate in 2023 have, unfortunately, persisted. Since coming to Baku, I have benefitted from excellent medical attention, including from the diagnostic radiology team at chr("39")Mərkəzi Klinikachr("39"), to whom I am especially grateful. But recent test results indicate that it is time for me to return home to focus fully on my health. So I will retire shortly after we finish out this exceptionally busy - but exceptionally successful - 2024 calendar year. I intend to use my remaining few weeks in Azerbaijan to set the stage for a successful 2025 and to promote cancer awareness.
I am incredibly proud of the work the US Embassy team and I have done in Azerbaijan during my tenure in Baku. We have forged stronger people-to-people ties by sponsoring English language programs, dramatically boosting the number of Azerbaijani students studying in the USA, and facilitating visits to Azerbaijan by a diverse range of US scholars, sports, and cultural representatives. We have fostered deeper economic cooperation, especially in the transition from traditional to renewable energy. And our close cooperation to produce a successful outcome at COP29 has demonstrated that the governments of the United States and Azerbaijan can work together to change the world for the better when we put our minds to it," reads the statement.
