5 hours agoJames Pardew, US ambassador with big role for Albanians dies
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)He died at 77, James William Pardew, a former US ambassador to the Clinton and Bush administration. He was once an officer of the U.S. military in a career, while, reports the Sofia Globe, the cause of death has not yet been disclosed. In 1997, President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed Pardew as the representative [...]
He was once an officer of the U.S. military in a career, while, reports the Sofia Globe, the cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appointed Pardew as US representatives of military stabilisation in the Balkans with the rank of ambassador to the State Department.
From 1999 to 2001, Pardew was Deputy Special Adviser for the President and Secretary of State for Democracy in the Balkans during the NATO conflict in Kosovo and the subsequent solution to peace. [4] In that quality, Pardew engaged directly in negotiations on Kosovo with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and a variety of Kosovo political leaders.
He was Washington's co-ordinator for the International Kosovo Verification Mission. Following NATO's successful bombing campaign, Pardew helped create American and international civilian presences in Kosovo and the development of local government and security institutions in Kosovo.
President George W. Bush, a Republican, appointed Pardew US Ambassador to Bulgaria in 2002. Parde served in that role until 2005.
Parde was the US negotiator for the Agreement in Macedonia in 2001 and served as the special deputy adviser to the president and secretary of state for democracy in the Balkans during the Kosovo conflict and subsequent peace implementation from 1999-2001.
