(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has proposed a Slovakian diplomat Peter Burian as EU Special representative for Central Asia for an initial period of one year.
"The appointment of Peter Burian will show the EU's continued cooperation with Central Asia, ensuring strong presence in our engagement on key issues of mutual interest including the rule of law, security, energy, water, education and human rights. Central Asia is a strategic area," she said in a statement.
Burian is currently State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. He is a former ambassador of the Slovak Republic to NATO, to the United States and to the United Nations.
Mogherini yesterday also proposed an Italian diplomat Fernando Gentilini as EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process for an initial period of one year, in an effort to re-launch the Process as quickly as possible.
The EU currently has seven Special Representatives dealing with different topics, countries and regions of the world (Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Horn of Africa, Human Rights, Kosovo, Sahel, South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia).
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